Hook Sentences

The plane engine started spewing smoke, and all the oxygen masks came down in front of the passengers.

• advice

• action

• dialogue

• fact

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Ghandi famously said, "Be the change you wish you see in the world."

• dialogue

• famous quote

• personal experience

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

The noise in the hallway was as loud as a zoo. Students were eager to discuss their favorite play from last night's game.

• statistic

• definition

• dilemma

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"I don't know why he told her that," the girl said.

"Maybe he wanted her to answer his question," her friend answered.

• statistic

• dilemma

• dialogue

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When you want something from someone, give them something instead.

• advice

• action

• fact

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

As a small child, I was deathly afraid of water, so I decided to join the swim team.

• personal experience

• anecdote

• dialogue

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

According to the European Cockpit Association, "Forty-three percent of pilots admit to involuntarily falling asleep during a flight."

• statistic

• personal experience

• action

• dialogue

A weevil is a small, herbivorous beetle that is known to wipe out entire crops of cotton and stored grains.

• statistic

• anecdote

• definition

• personal experience

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

The doctors gave me a choice: without health insurance, they would reattach both fingers for $60,000 or only my index finger for $12,000.

• setting

• dialogue

• dilemma

• statistic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

On a normal school day, students gather in the foyer to chatter about the evening or weekend before. The noise of their laughter is quickly replaced by the squeak of their shoes when the first bell rings.

• dilemma

• setting

• figurative language

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3