Types of Hooks

Done By: OSWIN BLEASE and SANJAY CASTILLO

Assignment Instruction
List of Hooks commonly Use
 5 TYPES OF HOOKS
WE WANT TO LOOK AT
Statistic Hook
Quotation Hook
Anecdotal Hook
Statement Hook
Quotation Hook
EXPLAINING THE TYPES OF HOOK
▪ A Statistic Hook Start your essay with a true fact or statistic about
your topic. Make sure your facts come from credible source.

▪ A Quotation Hook Begin your essay with a powerful ,striking

and/or memorable quotation. It quotes the person words directly. Can be a
quotation from a famous person, but it doesn't have to be. Make sure the
quotation is relevant to your essay topic.

▪ Anecdotal Hook is writing a vivid description of a scene or

setting that will draws your readers into your writing.

▪ A Statement Hook is writing a sentence or group of sentences that

make an assertive claim about your essay topic.

▪ Question Hook ask a question that relate to your essay or paper.

Make sure it’s a question where the audience needs to read the essay to get
the answer.
Some Examples Using
Hooks
Statistic/Fact-Over 32 years millions of
students are being bullied.

Dialogue- “Students pull out your iPod’s.”

“wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing to hear
from your teacher?” Said Joe

Anecdote- Jarella and I were walking down

the hall minding our own business when
suddenly…
Some Examples Using
Hooks
Description- Imaging being afraid to go to school
everyday.

Question- How would you feel if you were picked

up from work everyday?

Action –You ramming through your backpack,

you pull books and papers out of your desk .

Quote- Aly said, “Mrs. Gerald is the best writer

ever.”
Some Examples Using
Hooks
Opinion Being a victim f bullying is one of the
worst things that can happen to a person.

Humor-Its true just last week ,Gobe was

crushed by the weight of is text books.

Onomatopoeia-The baby lion cub yells at his

sister. The problem is that its species is
endangered but that’s what zoos for.
 I believe by now you get
the picture and understand
how to use hooks. Thank
you for your attention

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