Worksheets"Hooks" Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?
a)
Hook
b)
Background Information
c)
Thesis Statement
d)
Claim
2.
There are three distinct parts of an introduction paragraph. What order should those three parts be in...?
a)
Hook, Thesis Statement, Preview of Three Points
b)
Hook, Thesis Statement, Claim
c)
Hook, Background Information, Thesis Statement
d)
Background Information, Thesis Statement, Claim
3.
One type of hook you can use for writing is called an anecdote. What is the definition of anecdote?
a)
A short explanation of the topic
b)
A short story or scene using descriptive language (imagine)
c)
A striking fact or statistic
d)
A question that has a yes or no answer.
4.
All of the following are types of "hooks" except...?
a)
Quote
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Background Information
d)
Anecdote
5.
Which type of hook is this?
John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."
John Wooden once said, "Never mistake activity for achievement."
a)
Rhetorical Question
b)
Anecdote
c)
Quote
d)
Startling Fact
6.
If you use the "rhetorical question" as your hook, you should use an open ended question, NOT a question that would have a yes or no answer.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
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.”
“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.”
a)
Rhetorical Question
b)
Quote
c)
Interesting Fact/Statistic
d)
Anecdote
8.
Which type of hook is this?
“What would you do if you could play God for a day? That’s exactly what the leaders of the tiny island nation of Guam tried to answer.”
“What would you do if you could play God for a day? That’s exactly what the leaders of the tiny island nation of Guam tried to answer.”
a)
Quote
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Fact
d)
Statistic
9.
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.”
“Spain, though hardly a literary powerhouse, translates more books in one year than the entire world has in the past one thousand years.”
a)
Anecdote
b)
Fact
c)
Rhetorical Question
d)
Statistic
10.
Which type of hook is this?
Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.
Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.
a)
Statistic
b)
Fact
c)
Example
d)
Quote
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