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REVIEWING THE INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH March 12, 2015

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HOOKS YOU MAY USE  Question  Idiom  Anecdote  Definition  Exaggeration  Quote  Riddle  Setting  Alliteration  Noises (onomatopoeia)

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Page 1: REVIEWING THE INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH March 12, 2015

REVIEWING THE INTRODUCTION

PARAGRAPHMarch 12, 2015

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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?

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HOOKS YOU MAY USEQuestionIdiomAnecdoteDefinitionExaggerationQuote

RiddleSettingAlliterationNoises (onomatopoeia)

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EXAMPLES OF THE HOOKSNotice how each hook is used

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

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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?

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IDIOM (A TRADITIONAL WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING)

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

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ANECDOTE (PERSONAL EXAMPLE)

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

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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.

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EXAGGERATION (HYPERBOLE)

A billion bikers can’t be wrong.

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QUOTE “Give me liberty or give me death.”

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RIDDLE What do you call an eight-legged weaver?

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

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

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

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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.