The Giver Hook

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I had literally no idea on how to start an essay with a hook until now and I am in eighth grade. Now that’s just pathetic. Not only with the hook, there are many ways I have improved over this school year in my English writing skills.

I have now started to write better hooks and attention grabbers and did better in analytical essays where I need to explain and show evidence. An example of the new hook is from my essay on The Giver, “In the popular Children's movie, Moana, a young girl named Moana gets chosen by the ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti. When she is chosen, Moana feels worried about why the ocean chose her. She doesn’t think that she can do it at first. Just like this, Jonas gets chosen by the Chief Elder to become the Receiver of Memory and feels worried about being able to do it.” I think this hook is great because it is connected to The Giver greatly and is very relevant. I used an example from the movie, Moana, where she feels just like how Jonas feels in the story. This was a great starting to my essay on The Giver. An example of I can explain evidence well is from my common task on stylistic analysis. The example that shows this is, “The way you grow …show more content…
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