Essay hooks

This hook engages your readers because it makes them think about a topic in a different way. Your audience wonders what you mean and how you compare a topic to something that seems unconnected.

• strong statement hook

• facts and statistics

• metaphor/simile hook

• interesting question hook

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

This hook is a sentence that makes an assertive claim about your topic. It connects to the thesis statement and shows the importance of your essay or paper.

• strong statement hook

• facts and statistics

• metaphor/simile hook

• interesting question hook

This is a hook where a vivid description of a scene draws your readers into your writing.

• quotation hook

• short story hook

• description hook

• simile/metaphor hook

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

This hooks your reader because the information gives real information about a topic. You can impress your reader with your knowledge and evidence from the very beginning of your essay.

• strong statement hook

• facts and statistics

• metaphor/simile hook

• interesting question hook

This is a hook where you begin with a short story or episode that relates to your topic.

• quotation hook

• short story hook

• description hook

• simile/metaphor hook

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A good lead grabs the reader's attention and refuses to (a)   go.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

This hook is when you ask a question that relates to your essay or paper. And the only way a person can know the answer to that question is by reading your writing.

• strong statement hook

• facts and statistics

• metaphor/simile hook

• interesting question hook

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

This is a hook where you begin your essay with a quotation. The quotation could be from a famous person, but it doesn’t have to be. You can quote anyone if it connects to what you’re writing about.

• quotation hook

• short story hook

• description hook

• simile/metaphor hook