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Creating a Hook
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“When I was little, my uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on
it.”Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
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“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”
Blood Rites, Jim Butcher
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“You better not never tell nobody but God.”
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife.”Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
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“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number 4 Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal,
thank you very much.”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
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“There was a hand in the dark, and it held a knife.”
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
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“All children, except one, grow up.”
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
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“It was a pleasure to burn.”
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
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“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own
way.”Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
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“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely
suck.”Feed, M.T. Anderson
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What hooks you?
“When I was little, my uncle Pete had a necktie with a porcupine painted on it.”
“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”
“You better not never tell nobody but God.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number 4 Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.”
“There was a hand in the dark, and it held a knife.”
“All children, except one, grow up.”
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.”
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Start with…
a question
the middle of the action
a sense of shock or surprise
a truth about the world
dialogue
(a combination of the elements above)
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INTRODUCTION HAS…
Hook: (draw the reader in)
Thesis: What I learned about me (from the event)
Setting the Scene: Details and background knowledge to help set up the story for the reader Where When Characters (use descriptive language), etc.