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Hooks & Endings in Fiction

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    Writing hooks and endings
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  • 1. What type of hook is used here in this opening paragraph? "Beep! Beep! Beep! I looked at my alarm clock, and it was 7 a.m. I jumped out of my blue bed and squealed with delight, "My birthday is finally here!"
    Sound Effect Hook / Onomatopoeia
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  • 2. What type of hook is used here? "What do you wish when you blow out your birthday candles? This year my only wish is to see my family all together. It's been a daunting dream!"
    Question Lead
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  • 3. What type of hook is used here?
    Description of setting
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  • 4. What type of hook is used here? "They're here! All the guests are here! Hurry up!" my mum bellowed. I dashed to gather my toys up and put them in the towering toy bag. I could clean the vast area at the flick of a switch.
    Dialogue
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  • 5. What type of hook is used here? Down there in the narrow alley, three sinister sisters lived in a spooky house. They were Totta, Jotta and Lotta . . . The creepiest girls that could make you feel at no ease.
    Character Description
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  • 6. What lead is used here? I hit the air in delight and bounced like a basketball from joy . . .Just thinking of how my birthday will look like today. I picked my cake design, phoned my close friends and did everything to get ready.
    Action Lead
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  • 7. What type of ending is used here? (Cliff-hanger - twist-in-the-tale - enigmatic ending)
    Cliff-hanger
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  • 8. (Cliff-hanger - twist-in-the-tale - enigmatic ending) {Simultaneously, the crowd of people rushed towards the shopping mall to hide from the danger outside. In a minute, the shop windows were all shattered inside the mall.
    enigmatic ending (One solution followed by a riddle or a puzzle)
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  • 9. (Cliff-hanger / twist-in-the-tale / enigmatic ending) The giant man kept standing still . . . Motionless . . . Scary indeed. When the kids ran away, he did not follow them. It was just a spooky scarecrow after all. Phew!
    twist-in-the-tale
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