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Crafting the Perfect Hook: Engaging the Reader from the Start

Learn about the importance of the first sentence in an essay and discover eight types of hooks to captivate your audience. Explore questions, quotes, onomatopoeia, poems, songs, interjections, startling statistics, and dialogues to make a lasting impression on readers.

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Crafting the Perfect Hook: Engaging the Reader from the Start

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  1. The Hook! The first Sentence in an Essay

  2. The First Sentence! • The hook is the very first sentence in the essay • You want to create a lasting impression with the reader

  3. 8 Types of Hooks • Question • Quote • Onomatopoeia • Poem • Song • Interjection • Startling statistic • Dialogue

  4. Question Try to create a picture in the reader’s mind. Use the words: who, what, when, where, why, is, how or are at the beginning of the sentence.

  5. Question • Where in the Pacific Ocean can you find a delicious Krabby Patty to eat, live in a pineapple and drive in an underwater boat? Bikini Bottom, of course!

  6. Quote • When writing a quote, it can be a direction quotation from a book, TV show, movie, or a famous person.

  7. Quote • “Do you smell that? That smell—It’s the smelly smell that smells smelly,” stated Spongebob from the show SpongebobSquarepants.

  8. Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia is a word that makes sounds. Those can be animal sounds, car sounds or any other sounds.

  9. Onomatopoeia • “Meooowww!” said Gary, Spongebob’s pet snail.

  10. Poem • Use a poem from a famous author, or make up your own.

  11. Poem • Roses are red, violets are blue. I love SpongebobSquarepants, do you?

  12. Song • Use a line or two from your favorite song on the radio. Make sure you relate it to your essay.

  13. Song • “Are you ready kids? Aye, aye, Captain. I can’t hear you! Aye, aye Captain. Ohhhh!”

  14. Interjection Interjections express emotions. Examples are Aha!, Stop!, Ugh!, Help!, Well!, YOW!, Brrrr!, Yummy!

  15. Interjection “Noooo!” Don’t touch the TV, I am watching my favorite show, SpongebobSquarepants

  16. Startling Statistic Statistics show relationships with numbers. Find a surprising statistic involving your topic.

  17. Startling Statistic Over 1 million adults and children worldwide tune in to watch the TV show, SpongebobSquarepants on a weekly basis.

  18. Dialogue Dialogue features two or more people talking.

  19. Dialogue “There’s nothing wrong with getting kissys from your grandmother,” said Spongebob. “No, especially if you’re a big baby who wears diapers!” responded Fish.

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