Hooks and Leads

Starting a writing piece with "Hi, my name is...?" is effective.

• True
• False

All of the following are effective types of hooks except...

• Anecdotal - a personal story
• A quote
• A rhetorical question
• A song lyric

Which of the following is a type of hook that tells a short story? 

• Interesting fact or statistic
• Anecdote
• Quote
• Rhetorical Question

It is okay to begin a writing piece by describing a scene with figurative language. 

• True
• False

For the rhetorical question, beginning with any type of question will work.

• True 
• False

"Ninety percet of kids who read for 20 minutes every day will make 1 million dollars more in their lifetime."
What type of hook is this?  

• Anecdote
• Quote
• Statistic
• Figurative Language

"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”
This type of hook is a...

• Figurative Language
• Story
• Rhetorical Question
• Quote

"The stench climbed through my open window like a cool summer breeze that had been invited in."
This is an example of what type of hook? 

• Announcement
• Figurative Language 
• Anecdote
• Descriptive

"I was living in Arkansas the first time
I met prejudice face to face."
What type of hook is this?

• Descriptive
• Question
• Anecdote
• Hyperbole

"A billion bikers can’t be wrong. They were riding their bikes in Italy this weekend for a competition..." What type of hook is this?

• Hyperbole
• Anecdote
• Question
• Idiom