REVIEWING THE INTRODUCTION

PARAGRAPHMarch 12, 2015

WHAT 2 THINGS SHOULD BE INCLUDED? 1) HOOK 2) THESIS

What is the function of the “hook” in any essay? What is the function of the thesis statement in any essay?

HOOKS YOU MAY USEQuestionIdiomAnecdoteDefinitionExaggerationQuote

RiddleSettingAlliterationNoises (onomatopoeia)

EXAMPLES OF THE HOOKSNotice how each hook is used

Take note of the hooks that catch your attention and may compliment your writing style

QUESTION What? You don’t like crunchy caterpillars on your pizza?

BE CAREFUL!!!!! You do not want to use a “BAD” rhetorical question.

Example of what NOT TO DO:

Did you know that having an extra-curricular activity is good for

you?

IDIOM (A TRADITIONAL WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING)

Now you’re in a pickle. No food, no water, no shelter. What do you do ?

ANECDOTE (PERSONAL EXAMPLE)

I was living in Arkansas the first time I met prejudice face to face.

DEFINITION

Hyperbole means extreme exaggeration. I found out it was easier to say than use.

BE CAREFUL!!!!! You want to have a message/meaning behind putting the definition of a word down.

EXAGGERATION (HYPERBOLE)

A billion bikers can’t be wrong.

QUOTE “Give me liberty or give me death.”

RIDDLE What do you call an eight-legged weaver?

SETTING In a small school, tucked up in a hollow in Kentucky, students are discovering the power of excellence.

ALLITERATION/ABRUPT PHRASES Stepping and stomping. Whirling and swirling. To the Native American Dance Troop these moves are the key to their art.

EXCLAMATION (INTERJECTION) Whew! And you thought the desert was hot!

NOISES (ONOMATOPOEIA) Slurp, slurp. Glug, glug. On a hot day the best thing to quench your thirst is a tasty fruit drink from Holler Hollow Snack Bar.