Informational Writing: Hook Writing

Informational Essays only give

• opinions and facts

• facts

• opinions

• advertisements

What are the 3 sentences in your introduction? Select all three.

• Introduction

• thesis statement

• hook

• background information

What kind of sentence did they use for the hook?

• Declarative- A statement

• Imperative- A command

• Interrogative- A question

• Exclamatory- An exclamation

Why do you want to hook your reader?

• So you can catch a fish.

• So, your reader won't read your paper/book.

• To help the reader.

• You want to grab their attention, so they will want to keep reading.

What is a statistic hook?

• A fact with numbers

• An opinion

• Just a fact

• a hook

The question hook must be ____________

• Closed ended

• A yes or no answer

• An open ended question, make your reader think about their answer.

• Short and to the point.

A definition hook is ___________

• A question that is closed ended.

• A definition of a key word form the prompt.

• An antonym of a word from the prompt.

• A fact with numbers.

An onomatopoeia is a word that_______

• expresses a sound

• is a fact.

• is an opinion

• is a number.

Write a hook for the topic: Rights and Responsibilities of a U.S. Citizen (You must actually write the sentence to put in your essay). Use proper grammar and punctuation. You got this!