Types of Hoooks

72% of American teenagers own a pair of AirPods. is a

(a)   type of hook.

• Quotation
• Statistic
• Setting the scene
• Intriguing Questions

Match the following examples to their corresponding hook lable.

• Save the rainforest and donate $1 today!

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• Are you crazy?

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• "I have a dream." -MLK

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• Since 2002, 32% of Americans were obese

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• Help save the life of someone in need.

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The part of the introduction that catches the reader's attention is called the...?

• Hook
• Background Information
• Thesis Statement
• Claim 

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.”

• Statistic

• Quote

• Interesting Fact

• Short Story

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

• Fact

• Quote

• Statistic

Which hook is an explanation?

• As Frederick Douglass once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

• To be reverend means to have a deep and complete respect for something.

• 13.4 percent of families living in the US speak Spanish at home.

Which type of hook is this?

Over 10,000 species of beetles have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest in the last decade.

• Dialogue

• Question

• Interesting Fact

• Sound

In order for a hook to be effective, it must ALWAYS...

• ... be funny.

• ... use a quote.

• ... be specific, relevant and attention grabbing.

• ... use facts and statistics.

Which is the most specific, attention-grabbing and relevant hook for this motion and argument?

• In 2015, there were hundreds of different video games available.

• People spend lots of money each year on entertainment.

• In 2015, Americans purchased a staggering 23.5 billion dollars worth of video games.

What kind of lead is this? - I will always remember my grandmother for her kindness and generosity.

• Close up of a Character

• Question

• Dialogue

• Personal Feeling