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A+ Hooks!

GOOD:)

For my 10th birthday, I was sent on a prolonged scavenger hunt for my gift. I had to dance, jump, run, climb, and crawl in order to receive the clue for my next location. After 5 hours, I dragged my weary body straight back home, which meant I never had to leave to receive what I was looking for.

BAD:(

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, an episodic novel, Huck and Jim embark on a scavenger hunt for freedom down the Mississippi River.

Who said all adventures were fun? A long while back my mom decided to send me on a scavenger hunt for my birthday gift. I had to dance, jump, run, climb, and crawl at every stop. My last clue led me straight back to my house, the place I started, which meant I never had to do all those things to receive what I wanted.

Whether using an anecdote or a quote, please please PLEASE somehow relate it to the prompt.

To hook or not to hook

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." - John F. Kennedy

Vs.

Huck and Jim miss the turnoff for Cairo, presumably - at the time - missing Jim's opportunity at freedom. However, come to find out, the journey was not the means by which Jim got his freedom. And, it was not on the river - the supposed means of 'escape' - where Jim learns of his freedom. Why does Twain write the "adventure" in this way?

A hook is the first couple sentences in your essay. It serves as an introduction and works to grab the reader’s attention. This hook will help your reader decide whether they want to continue reading your essay or not.

In his address to the UN General Assembly, John F. Kennedy declared, "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

Good hooks include:

Personal essays

  • An anecdote or a quote
  • 2-3 sentences
  • Creativity

I thought being chased by a bear was the worst thing that could happen to me that day. I thought wrong.

"Call me Ishmael."

  • Herman Melville
  • Moby Dick
  • Published Oct. 18 1851

Prompt:

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