Interesting Hook

What type of hook is this?

Where in the Pacific Ocean can you find a delicious Krabby Patty to eat? Bikini Bottom, of course!

• Interesting Fact

• Question

• Specific Details

• Quote

What type of hook is this?

I was living in Arkansas the first time I met prejudice face to face.

• Question

• Thesis

• Specific Details

• Personal Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What type of hook is this?

Each year there is one Lego block made for every person in the world. Think about it.

• Fascinating Fact

• Personal Anecdote

• Reversal of Expectation

• Thesis

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What type of hook is this?

I will always remember my grandmother for her kindness and generosity, her wrinkly but gentle hands soothing away my tears when unkind words brought forth my waterworks.

• Thesis

• Reversal of Expectations

• Anecdotal

• Specific Details

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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 or scene

• A striking fact or statistic

• A question that has a yes or no answer.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

• Quote

• Rhetorical Question

• Background Information

• Anecdote

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which type of hook is this?

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

• Question

• Anecdote

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

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

• Interesting Fact

• Specific Details

• Statistics

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which type of hook is this?

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

• Statistics

• Interesting Fact

• Thesis

• Quote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4