Hook Lines:: Strategies For Writing An Essay Hook

Hook lines:
Strategies for writing an essay hook:

1. Use literary quotes.
2. Write a quote from a famous person.
3. Surprise with a misconception.
4. Write an anecdote.
5. Tell a personal story.
6. Use statistical data.
7. Ask a question.
8. Share a fact or a definition.
9. “Draw” a scene.
“Everyone has told a lie at one point, but as it contradicts something

we know to be true, lies are always exposed, revealing the truth
beneath them.”
Literary Quotes:
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us
becomes better too.
True friendship comes when silence between two people is

comfortable.
So, we beat on, bats against the current, borne back carelessly into
the past.
I must be cruel to be kind.
I know one thing; that I know nothing.
Quotes from famous people:
There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard.

Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for
your country.
Any Achievement in business is never accomplished by a single

person; a team of skilled members from diversified fields is always
needed.
Metaphor
To make an omelette, you need not only those broken eggs but
‘oppressed’ to beat them: every revolutionist is presumed to
understand that, and also every woman, which either does or does
not make 51 percent of the population of the United States a
potentially revolutionary class.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
A people that value its privileges above its principles soon loses
both.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in

practice, there is.
A little inaccuracy can sometimes save a ton of explanation.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and
more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage —
to move in the opposite direction.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no

one believes individually.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much as is cooperation with good.
Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism,

let it called what it may.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsively,
while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work
hard at work worth doing.
It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong.
The will of the people is the legitimate foundation of any

government, and to protect its free expression should be our first
object.
No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without
work.
The world is full of educated derelicts.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to
get its pants on.
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the
dog.
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s
desire, the other is to get it.
If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no
meaning.
Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they can take of
things.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about
what they can.
He who is cruel to animal becomes hard also in his dealings with
men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure

moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.
There’s nothing of so infinite vexation as man’s own thoughts.
What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the

unfit, to do the unnecessary.
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be weak man

without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable than
a brick without a flaw.
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace,

good people don’t go into government.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to

change the world.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting

impact in the lives of their students.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere

and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
The doctor sees all the weaknesses of mankind; the lawyer all the
wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn’t react with a mechanic, but

a human being does.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs
the knife.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and

culture is like a tree without roots.
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they

understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome
the economic and political barriers. But first they have to
understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with
the same problems, the same questions.
Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the

common good is the greatest creed.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but
they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the

philosophy of government in the next.
Common misconception:
Most Americans mistakenly believe that all rice is essentially the

same.
Most coffee addicts would tell you their favorite drink comes from a
bean, but they are wrong. Coffee is made from a seed called a bean.
We all know that a tongue has several sections which are exclusively
responsible for a particular taste: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. The
idea was disproven by other studies and research.
Anecdotes:
In late 1979, a twenty-four-year-old entrepreneur paid a visit to a
research center in Silicon Valley called Xerox PARC. He was the co-
founder of a small computer start up down the road, in Cupertino.
His name was Steve Jobs.
A chukcha comes into a shop and asks: “Do you have color TVs?”
“Yes, we do” “Give me a green one”
Personal Stories:
Statistics:
People lie in 1 out of 5 conversations lasting more than 10 minutes,

according to Allison Komet from the Psychology Today magazine.
70% of all jobs found today were got through different networking
strategies.
According to 2008 figures from the Pew Research Center, 97% of

today’s k-12 students spend many hours each week playing video
games.”
Even though we live in the 21st century, there still are around 3
billion of people living in poverty.
Questions:
What would you do if you discovered a secret that changed

everything?
“We all need food and water to live, Don’t we? “People today know
that the Earth is round, don’t they? Children always find something
new interesting, don’t they? How much would you pay to save the
life of your beloved ones?
Why do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a

novel.
Fact/Definition:
Spain, though hardly a literary juggernaut, translates more books in

one year than the entire Arab would has in the past one thousand
years.
Amiable is the best way to describe Elizabeth’s personality: she was

friendly and caring.
Archaeologists believe, based on marks they’ve seen on mummies,

that human beings had tattoos between 4000 and 2000 B.C. in
Egypt.
Not recommended:
Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘truth’ as the state of being the case;

factual; the body of real things, events, and facts.”
Recommended:
If you say you’ve never told a lie, then you’re lying.
Cigarettes are the primary cause of cancer.
If the government cuts any more money from education, the entire
country will crumble.
In just 10 years we all will be able to have a pet bot with an artificial
intelligence.
In the future, the artificial intelligence will learn to write fiction

novels and creative posts that will lead to people losing their jobs.
Scenes:
The day of his birth began with Hurricane Charlie pounding at our
door in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mrs. Lynch’s freaky dress made me feel excited and disgusted at the
same time; it was not the best choice.
If there is a way to save the lives of 4 people by not helping 1

individual to save his, would you do it?

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Hook lines:

Strategies for writing an essay hook:

“Everyone has told a lie at one point, but as it contradicts something

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is

I must be cruel to be kind.

I know one thing; that I know nothing.

Quotes from famous people:

There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard.

Any Achievement in business is never accomplished by a single

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in

A little inaccuracy can sometimes save a ton of explanation.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no

Non-cooperation with evil is as much as is cooperation with good.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism,

It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong.

The will of the people is the legitimate foundation of any

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

The world is full of educated derelicts.

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure

There’s nothing of so infinite vexation as man’s own thoughts.

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be weak man

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace,

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn’t react with a mechanic, but

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they

Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the

Most Americans mistakenly believe that all rice is essentially the

People lie in 1 out of 5 conversations lasting more than 10 minutes,

According to 2008 figures from the Pew Research Center, 97% of

What would you do if you discovered a secret that changed

Why do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a

Spain, though hardly a literary juggernaut, translates more books in

Amiable is the best way to describe Elizabeth’s personality: she was

Archaeologists believe, based on marks they’ve seen on mummies,

Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘truth’ as the state of being the case;

If you say you’ve never told a lie, then you’re lying.

Cigarettes are the primary cause of cancer.

In the future, the artificial intelligence will learn to write fiction

If there is a way to save the lives of 4 people by not helping 1

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