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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!
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 🙏🏻✨
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. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8xXq6RrARw4.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 :)
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: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uFyuuSZYkY8.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.
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.
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! 😀
Hi Jenna! This is Claudio. I remember your story when you worked in a restaurant you found a purse. You called the owner and you got a nice tip. I think because of the jewelry in it. Things we have in common; I like coffee, hiking and traveling. Thank you for these educational videos. You guys at CRC do a great job. I don’t know if I mentioned but I’m a Chief in the Navy now.
LOL, that's funny that you remember that story. I can't remember how much money it was, but I think it was $500!! That's cool that you're a chef in the Navy now. I assume you live in and travel to different places. As you may remember, my dad was in the Navy for 30 years, and we moved a lot when I was a kid. When I was a teenager and adult, my dad lived overseas, too. I hope you're doing well! Thanks for stopping by! :)
@@LearnAcademicEnglish that’s what you said $500. Chief, not chef 😂 I’ve done most of my 14 years of service in SD but we are ready to try overseas before my daughter gets older. She is almost 6. We want to experience outside the US. Europe is my intention. Japan will be my back up. We will see how it goes. Thank you again.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 !
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."
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 RU-vid, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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! :)
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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.
@@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.
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!
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.
