Writing a Hook

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.”

• Rhetorical Question

• Quote

• Interesting Fact/Statistic

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

• Rhetorical Question

• Statistic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What do you want to do at the beginning of any story?

• Bore your reader.

• Teach how to bake cookies

• Draw a picture

• Hook your reader

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Why do you want to hook your reader?

• To make them interested in your story.

• To make them want to learn math.

• To play a game.

• To create dialogue.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Which type of hook is this?

Kaboom! The explosion woke up the entire army!

• Dialogue

• Question

• Interesting Fact

• Sound

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Which type of hook is this? Why were so many people standing outside the mall?

• Dialogue

• Question

• Interesting Fact

• Sound

Which type of hook is this?

"Bring me that magical pen," Jack told Sarah.

• Dialogue

• Question

• Interesting Fact

• Sound

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Give an example of a Question hook:

Which of the following is NOT a type of hook we have learned about?

• Action

• Sound

• Numbers

• Question

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D