Hooks and Leads

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

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

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

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

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• True 
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• Figurative Language
• Story
• Rhetorical Question
• Quote

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

• Descriptive
• Question
• Anecdote
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"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

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A