Introduction Paragraph

Q1: What are included in Introduction Paragraph?

• Hook

• Background Information

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence

Q2: In what order should the components of the introduction paragraph be in?

• Hook, Thesis Statement, Background information

• Hook, Background Information, Thesis Statement

• Thesis Statement, Hook, Background Information

• Background Information, Hook, Thesis Statement

Q3: What is a thesis statement?

• The last sentence of your introduction paragraph that explains what is going to happen.

• The last sentence of your introduction paragraph that grabs the reader's attention.

• The last sentence of your introduction paragraph that gives a preview of what will be talked about in the essay.

• The last sentence of your introduction paragraph that gives background information.

Q4: The statement,"There are three reasons why it is important to write an essay, first to apply for college, second to graduate high school, and third because it will always be used"

is an example of a thesis statement?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Q5: What kind of hook is demonstrated in the following passage?

“Imagine you are crammed in a classroom on a hot day in August with 20 other teenagers. You are sweating so heavily that your pants are stuck to your legs, and there is almost nothing you can do about it. This is the situation that students wearing school uniforms often find themselves in because they have little choice in their attire.”

• startling fact or statistic

• question

• imaginative scenario

• anecdote

Q6: A "quote" type hook starts with a saying and leads into your main idea. What does it need?

• question mark

• quotation marks

• parentheses

• dashes

Q7: "Weeds are disgusting to most but they are important. In these 5 paragraphs there will be important facts about weeds such as, what’s in them, what you could do with them, and cook them too.

What is missing from this introduction paragraph?

• Hook

• Background Information

• Thesis Statement

• Topic Sentence