Hook Statement

What are the key elements of a hook statement?

• Grabbing attention, providing overview, creating curiosity

• Providing a detailed explanation of the topic

• Using a generic and uninteresting opening

• Listing facts and statistics

Write a compelling hook statement that would grab the attention of the audience.

• Do you want to hear about something boring and uninteresting?

• Feeling stuck? Well, tough luck because there's no way out.

• Are you tired of feeling stuck in your current situation? It's time to make a change and take control of your future.

• Are you content with your life and have no desire for change?

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Create a hook statement that appeals to the audience's emotions.

• Recite a list of statistics to overwhelm the audience

• Use technical jargon to impress the audience

• Use a personal anecdote or a thought-provoking question to grab the audience's attention and connect with their emotions.

• Start with a long, boring introduction

What are some ways to craft a hook statement that relates to the audience?

• Reciting the alphabet backwards

• Telling a long, unrelated story

• Using a relevant quote, asking a thought-provoking question, or sharing a personal anecdote

• Singing a popular song

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

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

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

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

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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

Give an example of a Question hook:

Why is it important to include a hook statement in your writing or speech?

• To grab the audience's attention and draw them into your writing or speech.

• To make the writing or speech longer

• To confuse the audience

• To make the audience fall asleep

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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