Writing a Hook for an Argumentative Essay

The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?

• Hook
• Background Information
• Thesis Statement
• Claim 

There are three distinct parts of an introduction paragraph. What order should those three parts be in...?

• Hook, Thesis Statement, Reasoning

• Hook, Thesis Statement, Claim

• Hook, Background Information, Thesis Statement

• Background Information, Thesis Statement, Claim

One type of hook you can use for writing is called an anecdote. What is the definition of anecdote?

• A short explanation of the topic

• A short story

• An interesting fact

• A question that has a yes or no answer.

All of the following are types of "hooks" except...?

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

• Background Information

• Anecdote

Which type of hook is this?

John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."

• Paradox

• Anecdote

• Quote

• Example

Which type of hook is this?

“As my cousin and I pedaled our new bikes to the beach, 6 years old, suntanned and young, we met an old, shaggy-haired man weaving unsteadily on a battered old bike.”

• Paradox

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

• Anecdote

Which type of hook is this?

Spain, though hardly a literary powerhouse, translates more books in one year than the entire world has in the past one thousand years.

• Anecdote

• Fact

• Quote

• Statistic

Which type of hook is this?

Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.

• Interesting Fact

• Anecdote

• Explanation

• Quote

Which hook is an explanation?

• As Frederick Douglass once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

• To be reverend means to have a deep and complete respect for something.

• 13.4 percent of families living in the US speak Spanish at home.

T or F: The first sentence of your introduction is the first chance a writer has to capture the attention of the reader.

• True

• False

• Both