Hook
Something irresistibly interesting in the first sentence or two of an essay that draws readers in and inspires them to keep reading.
What is a hook?
Respond to other literary works by categorizing it.
What is literary context?
Complete sentence that contains one main idea of essay.
What is a thesis statement?
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What is 24 miles per hour?
Asked to lay emphasis on some point being discussed, when no real answer is expected.
What is rhetorical question?
Biographical context. To say that authors write from their own experiences.
What is authorial context?
Order these from where they appear: Hook, transition, thesis, and roadmap.
Hook, transition, thesis, roadmap.
The pictures in the thesis slide
What are uno card, U.S state map, and mentos pack?
A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident.
What is anecdote?
Act as a book review. Concentrate mostly on explaining to prospective readers of work’s subject, theme, and style.
What is critical context?
Concepts that help the reader know how the essay will be organized.
What is roadmap (subtopics)?
A situation where a choice must be made between two or more, usually undesirable, outcomes.
What is a dilema?
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
What is context?
Bridges the gap between the context or hook to the thesis statement.
What is a transition sentence?
Thoughts that you have as a writer. There are two primary types.
What is a muse?
Talks about attitudes in society or events in the past.
What is socio-historical context?
What kind of hook is this:
"Now you are in a pickle. No food, no water, no shelter. What do you do?"
What is a dilema?