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Essay Introductions

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

Essay Introductions
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Ready to hook your readers? What's the ultimate hook for a narrative essay that'll reel 'em in?

A rhetorical question

A quotation from a famous person

A brief anecdote or story

A presentation of a shocking statistic

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why is a hook important in an essay?

It provides the main arguments of the essay.

It summarizes the conclusion of the essay.

It grabs the reader's attention and encourages them to read on.

It lists all the sources that will be used in the essay.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can a writer effectively transition from the hook to the thesis statement in an essay's introduction?

By summarizing the main points of the essay.

By presenting a rhetorical question related to the hook.

By providing background information or context related to the topic.

By immediately stating the thesis without transition.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of an introduction of an argumentative essay?

Begin the essay and introduce the claim

Begin the essay and explain the reasons

Begin the body paragraphs of the essay and introduce the claim

Begin the essay and start the first body paragraph

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is usually the first sentence of an argumentative essay introduction?

Thesis Statement

Main Idea

Hook

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentences tells us what the essay will discuss specifically?

Thesis Statement

Main Idea

Hook

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The following are all examples of good hooks EXCEPT...

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Anecdote 

Statistics

Telling the reader that you wrote an essay on a topic

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