Hooks for Writing

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

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

• Background Information

• Anecdote

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?

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

• Interesting Fact

• Anecdote

• Explanation

• Quote

Writing a hook is easy.

• Yes (if you practice)

• No

• What?

What type of hook is this?

It would only take one hour to drive to outer space.

• Interesting fact

• Quote

• Explanation

• Anecdote

• Paradox

A paradox hook is uses a fact that is __________________ than an interesting fact hook.

• funnier

• sadder

• longer

• odder/weirder

Which type of hook is this? Bam! I was winning the race, looking back, laughing at Jacob as he trailed behind me, when suddenly I slammed into a telephone pole.

• interesting fact

• anecdote

• paradox

• explanation

• quotation

Where is the hook located in the introductory paragraph?

• the very beginning

• the middle

• the end

Which type of hook is this?

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

• Paradox

• Anecdote

• Quote

• Example

What type of hook is this?

Where in the world can you find delicious dishes made with coconut? Hawaii, of course.

• Interesting Fact

• Question

• Specific Details

• Quote