How to WRITE A HOOK for Your Essay: Easy Essay INTRODUCTION TIPS
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- I'm an ESL writing teacher, and in this lesson, I teach you 6 easy ways to write a hook: how to write a hook for your essay. (English writing essay lesson / ESL writing lesson intermediate to advanced / essay introduction tips)
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Correction: When you use the word "like" to compare two things, as in my example "Life is like a box of chocolates," it's called a simile. Similes are a type of metaphor. Your English teacher would want you to know that difference! :)
Easy Essay Introduction Tips:
0:00 How to write a hook
0:50 What is a hook?
1:20 Why is a hook important?
2:20 Question Hook
5:15 Tell a Story
6:25 Shocking Statistic
7:10 A Quote
8:15 A Simile or Metaphor
9:15 An Unexpected Statement
10:05 Practice writing hooks with Me!
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Hi Jenna! Your lesson was beautifully delivered because the concept of hook simply as cleared as clean water.
Thanks & regards.
Glad it was helpful!
Your class is great professor. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Thank you for these great insights, so much helpful!
So glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for your teaching. I appreciate your clarification. I gain many things from the essay introduction. You are a passionate teacher.
That's great! I'm glad this was helpful.
Hello lady , this was the best video I've ever seen about writing an essay .
You explained it all so good and I loved it very much 😍 I had problem with the Hook part before but I learned a lot from this video 💙 thanks for this amazing video 🙏🏻✨
Wow, thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful!! I have more writing videos that you might find useful.
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❤thank you so much ma'am this really helps 😊
I showed this to my son for his essay homework. Very easy to understand . Thank you from South Korea :-)
Glad it was helpful!
Great class! These examples are really great and made me understand easily. Thank you very much!! Ma'am this video helped me out in thinking of writing an amazing hook to attract readers.
So glad it was helpful! :)
Great job! Thank you!
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Your videos have been a great help throughout the duration of my exams. Thanks alot ❤
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Your videos help me much in both academic reading and writing. I’m so interested in your videos. Thank you Professor ❤️
Glad you like them!! Thanks for your feedback!
Thank you for the helpful video !!
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Professor, thank you for another great topic.
You are very welcome. I'm so glad you find them helpful!
thank you Professor
OMG it is perfect. Thanks very much !! The best video about hook ever. I'm brazilian English learner in Canada, it is a challenge learn totally different grammar and rules. Thanks for this video !!!
Hi Charliane, You're very welcome! Did you know that my husband is Brazilian? I have Brazilian friends who live in the U.S., too., so I am very familiar with the difficulties that Brazilians have when learning English. I am so glad that you found this video helpful! :) Are you studying in a college or university?
@@LearnAcademicEnglish WOW I can't believe that your husband is Brazilian as well....It is amazing 😍... I'm studying ESL but in September I'll start at the college. I'm scared 😳 !! Please let me know, do have some course or teach students who need to improve ? I've loved your accent and the way that you speak is so clearly for me, and easy to understand. It's so important for English learner from my point of view. Really lovely 🌹.
I don't have a course yet, but it is something that I am planning for the near future. I would love to help a small group of people online. At the college where I work, I teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking for English learners who are beginning their college classes, like you. Stay tuned for an announcement about classes later this summer.
Here is a video you might find fun. It's another ESL teacher who is also a friend of mine. She's from Brazil, too. th-cam.com/video/8xXq6RrARw4/w-d-xo.html
What part of Brazil are you from? My husband, Joao, is from Sao Paulo. I've been to Brazil many times to visit his family :)
Thanks ma'am, I really learned so much from this video:)
I'm so glad!
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@@LearnAcademicEnglish that’s what you said $500.
Chief, not chef 😂
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Oops, now I see Chief. Sorry about that! LOL
Europe and Japan would be awesome! Good luck!
Dear professor Francisco
Your video engages me every minute. It helps me to have more choices of good hooks for the first part of the essay.
Thank you very much.
Excellent! I'm so glad you found this video helpful. :)
You are the best teacher ever
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Thank you Pro. it has help me alot
Glad to hear that! :)
these wonderful lectures work for me than class.
Hi Baiza, I'm so glad that you find them helpful! Thank you for the comment :)
Thanks needed the help.
So glad to hear it was helpful for you!
Thank you, professor. I have gained a lot from your lesson. However, on the part of a metaphor, you used "like" as if it is a simile. Overall, I found this very educative. Thank you once again.
Yes, correct. I should have used different words to explain that one. However, from my understanding, a simile is a type of metaphor. Thanks for your comment!
Thank you very much Professor. 👩🏫
You are very welcome! Thanks for your comment, Seema! 😊
Thank you so much ❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank you, professor. I want to practice writing essays before I go to college. And English is my weakest subject.
Practicing writing before going to college is a great way to get ready for college. Writing takes practice but also it's very helpful to learn some strategies to brainstorm ideas, organize them, and write essays. I hope you check out my writing playlist for more lessons. Keep going! 😀
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Hello ma'am, I absolutely love the way you deliver your lecture. I need assistance in terms of essay structure to clear college placement essay as English is my second language.
I was not good at writing When I was in college. I always got B's. Now, your lesson has given me a good clue on how to write a good essay.
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You are an awesome English teacher and thank you for your time in teaching me everything. How to write a hook lecture?
Thanks so much for your nice comment. For a lecture or presentation, a good hook is usually a question that the audience can answer by raising their hands. For example, "How many of you have heard of this...?" (and show a picture). Then you can quickly see how many people nod or raise their hands and say something like "I see that most of you have never heard of this. Well, in today's presentation, I will..."
Another good hook is an interesting story, but the story should have some connection to the topic.
Thanks a lot
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what a beautiful soul....why your explantion is so clean❤
Thanks a lot 😊 I'm glad you found it helpful!
Excellent,mis .
Really filtered every thing.
Plz,share the rest of the essay parts: intro, body, conclusion,etc.
Please take a look at my Writing Playlist. I have some other writing videos, including one about the introduction paragraph.
Very informative video.
Glad it was helpful!
very impressive
This is very helpful for me (who hasn't written an essay in over 15 years) however I need to re-train myself how to write academic essay's, and my professor said "and essay is not a story" ??? So now I am really confused, and you mentioned a better hook would be to tell a story :/
Your professor is right, an essay is not a story. However, the hook, which is what this video is about, is just the first part of your essay. It pulls the reader in. It can be a story.
If you want to learn the basics of writing an essay and get a handout to help you, see this lesson: th-cam.com/video/uFyuuSZYkY8/w-d-xo.html
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Glad you found it helpful! ❤
You are wonderful teachers. actually, you help me for understanding better 🙏i'm so useful 💐
Happy to help! Thank you for leaving a comment. I'm happy you're here!
She does the hook and the reader is the victom
Hello teacher! my question is how dors the hook differ from a topic sentence ? Can a hook be connected to a topic sentence ?
Hello! A hook is different from a topic sentence because a hook goes itn the introduction of an essay or presentation. A topic sentence goes (usually) at the beginning of a body paragraph, which comes later in the essay. The topic sentence tells the main idea of that particular paragraph; however, the hook is just to catch the reader's attention at the beginning of an essay. I have a video about topic sentences--you can find it in my Writing Playlist.
Hi mam! All the way from Cameroon. I thought a metaphor didn't take as or like as comparative words. We had an example of a metaphor using "like" If that's the case, how different is it from a simile?
Thanks😊
Hello and thank you for your question! You are correct that when we use "as" or "like," it is a simile. I was taught that a simile is a type of metaphor, so I used "metaphor" to refer to any type of comparison, including a simile. I hope that makes sense. :) Anyway, you can use any metaphor at the beginning of your introduction to make a hook, for example, "My life has been a rollercoaster."
You might want to check this out th-cam.com/video/Z1SZwpOBUK0/w-d-xo.html
I’m dying right now. Mentally and physically. Please, I need to do this in under an hour and I’ve been contemplating ONLY the hook for 5 hours straight, no exaggerations and I’m so tired of everything. I just don’t know what to do.
Try not to overthink it! If you are stuck, just write a question hook and move on. The rest of your essay is more important than the hook :)
Nice video!
I should probably point out, however, that "Life is like a box of chocolates" is actually a simile, not a metaphor. But it's not a big deal.
You're right! Thank you for mentioning this! I should have identified the two examples with "like" as similes. I was always taught that a simile is a type of metaphor, and I think for a hook, any kind of metaphor can work. I will update the description box with a correction.
I have a topic 'Ficton Character'
What should i write for hook
Would you please recommend me Dear Miss
maybe a question about favorite characters or why characters are important
Wow better then how my teacher explained it🙂
So glad you found it helpful! :)
Hi Jenna!
I have to take part in a competition for essay writing. The topic is "Pakistan at 2047: National Youth Aspirations". I am curious to know how to write an essay that is based on the future. Any suggestions regarding this topic from your side?
How to create a hook for such type of essay?
I would probably tell a hypothetical story. For example, imagine your daily life in the year 2047 and describe a bit about it. Maybe add something interesting that will happen to show contrast with life nowadays, like that you get in a self-driving electric car instead of an old gas guzzler.
Or start wtih a quote about the future.
Good luck! :)
I was anxiously waiting for your reply. Thank you Jenna for your kind suggestions!
go ahead
01- Write a question
02- Tell a story (not too long though)
03- Use a shocking statistic (numerical facts)
04- A quote
05- A simile or metaphor
06- An unexpected sentence
good job!
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So I have been struggling with my topic The most memorable day of my life .I don’t know how to start it off?I also don’t know how to write my thesis statement so that it will flow with my topic?
Good question. A hook for a narrative essay is a little bit harder because the topic is so personal. If you’re really stuck, I would just use a question like “if you could relive only one day in your life, what would it be?”
For the thesis statement, Try to think about what your overall message is. Was it a great day or a bad day? Then you can write something like “that was an amazing day that I will never forget. Or that was a day filled with so many important lessons. Just be sure that the idea that you state in your thesis statement matches the overall message of your essay.
@@LearnAcademicEnglish The topic is “The most memorable day of my life”.I was going to write about the day I decided to go into recovery or something around recovery.I picked that because it’s closest to my heart.But,now I’m trying to figure out what should be my thesis statement?I’m trying to get my high school diploma,I just started watching your videos and they are very helpful but I’m just a little lost.
Don't worry, you can do it! :)
Start with a 5-10 minute brainstorming. What ideas can you talk about in your essay? Write down every big and little idea.
After that, look at the ideas and think about how you can organize them into paragraphs. Will you tell your story in chronological order? If so, how can you separate them into paragraphs? (For example, one paragraph about before recovery, etc.) Or will you talk about reasons WHY that day was so special to you?
Make a short outline so you have it all planned out so you don't get lost.
Then make your thesis statement that shows the overall idea of your essay. Something like: The day I went into recovery was scary but ended up being the best day of my life. Or The day I went into recovery changed my life forever.
Good luck! Here's a link to a chapter from a writing book about narrative essays: ngl.cengage.com/assets/downloads/greatwi_pro0000000335/gw4_unit2.pdf
@@LearnAcademicEnglish Thank you so much!I also like the way you teach.I also thank you for the link between your videos and this link I know I’m beginning to feel more comfortable with this subject.
Great video, but what you said was a metaphor is actually a simile! My 5th graders were upset about this faux pas
A simile is a type of metaphor, and I was just giving an example of a metaphor. Glad they know what a simile is, though!
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My channel is pretty new, so it is still growing. Also, I work as an English professor full time, so I don't have a lot of time to make videos. I try to make two a week, but there are other channels that have a new video almost every day.
I like your style and would love to use this hook video, but you mixed up a metaphor with a simile. A simile compares two unlike nouns using like, for or as. A metaphor does not use those words. Perhaps a quick edit?
Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, once a video is published on TH-cam, it cannot be edited (except for taking parts out). I already added a note in the description of the video. Technically, a simile is a type of metaphor, but I understand that the way that I explained it would be confusing because I gave similes as examples, and I misspoke in the video.
maam could you repeat it again about what is a hook slower again? i cant hear you clearly but from your explaination as far as i can tell hook is opening in essai? what is metaphor? and how about my interrogative senteces? still wrong?
Can you click CC to turn on the subtitles? Those will help you if I speak too fast. : )
Yes, you are correct that a hook is the opening of an essay. I teach a lot of people who study for the TOEFL or go to college in the U.S., so I talk about essay writing in some of my videos.
A metaphor is when you compare something to something else, and it's usually an object that symbolizes something. For example, if you say that your friend is a snake because he is sneaky, that's a metaphor. Life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you're going to get. My life is a rollercoaster because there are so many ups and downs.
And your questions are good, but can you use a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence/question? Capital letters are important in English. Press Shift and hold the letter down on your keyboard if you are using a computer.
@@LearnAcademicEnglish but the other channel suggest me learn with out subtitles😐
@@nicknameunknown4911 Good point! If you are listening to something that is the right level for you, you should challenge yourself to listen without subtitles. However, if it's too difficult, subtitles will help you catch words that you cannot understand. Also, subtitles will help you understand the connection between the sound of the word and spelling. It's your decision, but I recommend using them sometimes, especially when the listening is hard.
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I'm not good in English but for me as long as you had a correct grammar in any form, hook is not a necessity.
It depends on what you are writing. If you are writing an essay for an English class high school or university, a hook is usually expected.
it’s better to write a question for you hook, a couple questions , THEN explain your reason why. and your reason will be your hook, not your original question !
Dont agree with hook not effective. But it is as it gives the reader how you are thinking what you have to do is to write appropriate but strong question
True, a question can sometimes be a good hook, but usually when I see questions as hooks, they are boring -- basically it looks like the writer just took the prompt and make it into a question. But I would definitely welcome interesting questions as hooks!
I enjoyed your video; however, "like" or "as" is used when writing a simile. Metaphors do not use "like" or "as".
Thanks for the feedback, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think that I addressed that in the description of the video; I should have said "simile" since the examples I gave were all similes. However, I believe that all similes are actually a type of metaphor, and when I teach this in my classes, I ask students to try using a metaphor in their hook, and I include a simile as one type of metaphor.
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Hi I need hook about Covid 19
That's an easy one! You can tell a story or use a shocking statistic.
Anyone tell me best hook about terrorism essay
That’s a big topic! I would try telling a story or looking for an interesting statistic
Immigration is a trip between galaxies.
Is this a good hook?
I love it! But you need to add more to make it clear--why is it like a trip between galaxies?
This did not help at all 🙄