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Topic: Expository Hooks: A hook should grab readers’ attention, making them want to continue reading.
Type of Hook
Definition
ask an interesting
Question
Idiom
Anecdote
question
phrase unique to a
region with no literal
meaning
a funny story
Example
What? Crunchy caterpillars on
pizza sound revolting?
Now he’s in a pickle. No food, no
water, no shelter. What should
he do?
I was living in Arkansas the first
time I met prejudice face to face.
Definition
a short, relevant,
definition
Hyperbole means extreme
exaggeration. I found out it was
easier to say than to use.
Hyperbole
an extreme
exaggeration
a well-known,
relevant quote
a puzzle with a
surprising or funny
answer
description of a place
A billion bikers can’t be wrong.
Quotation
Riddle
Setting
Alliteration
repetition of
consonant sounds at
the start of words
word, phrase, or
sound expressing
strong emotion
Onomatopoeia words that imitate
natural sounds
Exclamation
“Give me liberty or give me
death.”
What does one call an eightlegged weaver?
In a small school, tucked up in a
hollow in Kentucky, students are
discovering the power of
excellence.
Stepping and stomping. Whirling
and swirling. These moves are
key to any great dance troop.
Whew! And I thought the desert
was hot!
Slurp, slurp. Glug, glug. On a hot
day, the best thing to quench
thirst is a tasty fruit drink from
the Holler Hollow Snack Bar.