How to start an essay with a hook | Essay Tips

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @Tom_Nicholas
    @Tom_Nicholas  6 лет назад +88

    Thanks for watching! If you found this video handy, then you might also want to check out my tips on how to write use paragraph structure to make your essays even more powerful: ruclips.net/video/Ukw1ywqtAnU/видео.html

    • @missfavoured
      @missfavoured 5 лет назад

      Tom Nicholas thank you for your channel. I just subscribed.

  • @maryruth4941
    @maryruth4941 4 года назад +24

    The bit at the end was spot on - "Don't get it right get it written!" That was brilliant. I am writing my PRP (professional research proposal) and have been terrified all week to start writing, now I am inspired. Thank you

  • @tylermatchett9144
    @tylermatchett9144 5 лет назад +11

    It’s Monday night, 11:30 pm, I have a paper due tomorrow, and I am struggling to write an intro. I did not see myself here 5 years ago. Basically thank you for helping me in my time of need.

  • @selmag3284
    @selmag3284 4 года назад +24

    My motto to start writing is what Ernest Hemingway said, "the first draft of anything is shit".
    Otherwise, I'd be just staring at a blank paper ! Lol

  • @nikiradman2384
    @nikiradman2384 7 лет назад +63

    I'm currently facing the challenge of writing my first (extensive) theatre analysis for uni and watching some of your videos has been really, really useful. Keep doing what you're doing.

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  7 лет назад +4

      I'm so glad, the hope is that they're useful in some small way. Best of luck with the assignment!

  • @livelaughlovelina
    @livelaughlovelina 5 лет назад +141

    I’m doing my summer hw and I forgot how to make an intro🤣

  • @Thaheadband33
    @Thaheadband33 7 лет назад +24

    All great tips. I work as a writing tutor at my college, and I see so many essays that start with just a vague statement about the topic "Blank is a very important issue in our society." Might have to use this video in some of my sessions to give students some options!

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  7 лет назад +8

      Interestingly, I think the intention behind that's great, they absolutely should be telling us that blank is important, just maybe finding a slightly more subtle/creative way of doing so!!

  • @josh5463
    @josh5463 5 лет назад +44

    Thanks Dudley Dursley!

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  5 лет назад +20

      That's a new one but yeah I'll take it.

    • @bianca2023l
      @bianca2023l 5 лет назад

      Geez, your saying thanks to Dudley Vernon

    • @fiasiddique5333
      @fiasiddique5333 4 года назад

      Oh my gawddd yesssss!!!!

    • @studyspirit5465
      @studyspirit5465 4 года назад +2

      He looks like a hybrid of harry and dudley

  • @jeremytalastas1516
    @jeremytalastas1516 3 года назад +7

    I often start my essay with some questions about the given theme or topic that will leave the readers with "Oh yea I thought about that too".

  • @dawn430
    @dawn430 5 лет назад +8

    I’m currently trying to apply to a high school called Cast Technical, but first I needed to write an essay.
    This helped a lot, thanks!! ❤️

  • @reeses3854
    @reeses3854 5 лет назад +3

    I can't believe that even though I love writing, I forgot hot to write a hook just because I haven't written an essay in only a year. Thank you for making me remember! This is gonna help me with my final on Philosophy!!

  • @matcha69420
    @matcha69420 4 года назад +3

    thanks man! my main problem is definitely starting an essay. This helped me sooo much!

  • @sqywhatofficial11
    @sqywhatofficial11 5 лет назад +8

    I had to make an article but i forgot how to make an intro of it xD this video helped me alot and because of this video i hope i will get a high score on my performance task and 1 thing i will say to you is
    keep up the good work and may god bless you thank you very much!!!

  • @worms2752
    @worms2752 5 лет назад +5

    Concise, Creative, and Explosive. Thank You

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  5 лет назад

      Thanks for taking the time to say so, I really appreciate it!

  • @ishitachakrabarty1808
    @ishitachakrabarty1808 4 года назад +1

    Thanks, Tom! I've published in a couple of international journals before, but that doesn't help when I'm having a writer's block. Your essay series is extremely helpful!

  • @delta7p609
    @delta7p609 5 лет назад +17

    Thanks this video really helped me out

  • @charisjane1463
    @charisjane1463 6 лет назад +7

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for your videos!! Your videos are really helpful. They are concise, clear, and relevant for starters in research like me :)

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  6 лет назад +1

      Hey Borne, so glad you've found them helpful! Best of luck with it all!

  • @kaitlynrichardson6275
    @kaitlynrichardson6275 2 года назад

    Yo this video was so helpful. Short and simple. Great video

  • @Tophergr8
    @Tophergr8 4 года назад

    These are great tips. I appreciate the video and look forward to watching your other writing-oriented ones, (as well as the WTT ones). I also teach writing, and an additional tip I advise my students is to consider writing an introduction or hook only after they've written an initial draft and not before because then, they will already know where that hook is leading, which can inform the choice of the hook. I found as both an undergraduate and MA candidate that I often had a head full of information without knowing what I was trying to argue, until I opened myself to the idea that an initial draft can serve as an exploration to discover the argument, while subsequent revisions can serve to reshape the essay into that argument.

  • @deevarawlins6712
    @deevarawlins6712 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful! I didn’t know you could add a personal story in an essay though.

  • @manwithoutacountry
    @manwithoutacountry 2 года назад

    Love it! Been watching your new stuff and stumbled on this

  • @Cookie_Comment
    @Cookie_Comment 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much for these tips! They were really helpful! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

  • @andressaenz848
    @andressaenz848 4 года назад +1

    dude this was great, thanks for the tips awesome job

  • @user-rc3cm4vj4g
    @user-rc3cm4vj4g 5 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much I didn’t know where to start but this is really helpful

  • @idontknow1630
    @idontknow1630 4 года назад +3

    I have an essay to give in tomorrow and this video has helped me with my intro. I was really stressed out on how I was to do this until i came across this video. Really appreciate it bro!
    (1 problem though, my small brain couldn't really process a few of the words you said! xDxD)

  • @cortezfilms8511
    @cortezfilms8511 3 года назад

    I like the idea of an essay tip series.

  • @evanhutcheson1409
    @evanhutcheson1409 4 года назад +2

    I Started my essay by telling the reader what it is about and i got a mark off because she said "its pretty obvious what its about, you don't have to tell the person"

  • @jw7903
    @jw7903 Год назад

    the content is so good that I didn't notice the purple jacket make your hair and skin so bright.

  • @maryrus7493
    @maryrus7493 4 года назад

    Thanks for the very helpful tips , Tom..I appreciate you very much. I better start writing . Have a great weekend ❤️😇

  • @ryanandida8618
    @ryanandida8618 3 года назад

    I love these videos so much! I hope you will do more tips and advice for writing academically 🎉🎉

  • @amaandujeh8806
    @amaandujeh8806 5 лет назад +6

    Got exam tomorrow... helpful

  • @sargent_seagul7296
    @sargent_seagul7296 4 года назад

    I had to do a Battle if Bosworth essay thanks for the help!

  • @zulfikarfilandra
    @zulfikarfilandra 7 лет назад +1

    a splendid channel, very useful. Both theatre and studying stuff. I really wish you go big. Thanks!

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  7 лет назад

      +Zulfikar Filandra Thanks Zulfikar! Really pleased to hear you've enjoyed it!

  • @devorahbehnam9720
    @devorahbehnam9720 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much! This is so helpful!💖

  • @tierracheng
    @tierracheng 5 лет назад +9

    Thank you for your good work, I am going to start my essay with your tips.

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  5 лет назад

      Awesome, best of luck with the essay!

  • @dengosodawg
    @dengosodawg 6 лет назад +7

    Thank you my dude

  • @tru2504
    @tru2504 5 лет назад +2

    This really helped! I know where to go when I have an essay 😂😅

  • @shzncl
    @shzncl 3 года назад

    Wow. Absolute heroic. This is what I wanted. You killed my tension. I prefer to start with a quote tho! Anyway, applause!

  • @vasttanja905
    @vasttanja905 4 года назад

    Why thank you for the very important tips that will certainly make me less fearful when my english teacher tells me to START an essay and may you also have a good week too.By the way this name was randomly given to me by Google.

  • @vimbaimbizvo2340
    @vimbaimbizvo2340 4 года назад

    Very useful tips, thanks for sharing!

  • @KatWolf1
    @KatWolf1 5 лет назад

    Thank you. This has given me so much. Most appreciated

  • @ilyaskarimkarim1274
    @ilyaskarimkarim1274 5 лет назад

    I hope I won't fail following these !

  • @toddholmes6043
    @toddholmes6043 5 лет назад

    Last two really helped.

  • @Babylon2060
    @Babylon2060 3 года назад

    I just got educated by a teenager!!!! lol I love 2021.

  • @yeshuaisking7813
    @yeshuaisking7813 3 года назад

    Trying to write my EPQ oof. My title sounds kinda difficult : "What has been the impact of the Church in shaping Great Britain as a nation?". I am so excited and hopefully I will look back to this comment in a while with a A* qualification. Thanks for the great video Tom x

  • @alyssarodriguez9378
    @alyssarodriguez9378 3 года назад

    Wow i needed this

  • @climatedeceptionnetwork4122
    @climatedeceptionnetwork4122 5 лет назад +1

    Good information!

  • @sharniellehartley5474
    @sharniellehartley5474 5 лет назад +1

    This is really so helpful. Thank you so much

  • @froyo_da_snowman
    @froyo_da_snowman 4 года назад +1

    U r the best!

  • @yasminec2144
    @yasminec2144 4 года назад

    really helpful for some essays, ur brill!

  • @OmarGarcia-zx2yl
    @OmarGarcia-zx2yl 3 года назад

    Alright, so I've been holding off on doing my finals essay for like 5 weeks after its due date, but the majority of the class hasn't started either so we have until the last day. I'm beginning my essay right now and I'm here commenting this. I'll edit this when I get graded on it. Im nervous, and I haven't done anything because of my fear of failing it, so i've been avoiding it.

  • @aj6611
    @aj6611 5 лет назад +1

    after 3 days i will write my first essay and i’m so worried because it will be for a five marks my essay will be a descriptive one about a hole place and i’m thinking about an outline at this moment.

  • @amneyshah1140
    @amneyshah1140 4 года назад

    Thank you! This was very helpful!

  • @blinddig7525
    @blinddig7525 2 года назад

    i might need this

  • @dairobukola5081
    @dairobukola5081 4 года назад

    Thanks a lot 😀 I can now write my essays well

  • @jasitomty
    @jasitomty 4 года назад

    this is really helpful thank you!

  • @itzgigib1704
    @itzgigib1704 4 года назад

    Have to write essay...this was very helpful!

  • @rajeshwarin6910
    @rajeshwarin6910 4 года назад

    You are so helpful!

  • @samiraaboutaleb7662
    @samiraaboutaleb7662 4 года назад

    This is sooo helpfull, thank you !

  • @snowrainthecat1387
    @snowrainthecat1387 4 года назад

    우연히 찾았는데 꿀팁이 엄청 많아요! Thank you!!

  • @cixco6140
    @cixco6140 4 года назад

    I’m doing an essay on dangers & consequences of shooting a gun ... any tips you guys would like to provide would definitely be appreciated it .

  • @flora_gaming4456
    @flora_gaming4456 3 года назад

    I'm here for my homework:)

  • @nathanieljones1586
    @nathanieljones1586 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you!

  • @graciousness15
    @graciousness15 4 года назад

    Wow that is very helpful

  • @かたわれ時-e7x
    @かたわれ時-e7x 2 года назад

    This is what my teachers always tell me haha. Maybe I should understand what they're talking about before searching for what other people tell me...

  • @gigidoodlesss9165
    @gigidoodlesss9165 6 лет назад +5

    my Argument essay I cant use in included "i" my teacher wants an interesting but I cant us a question for my hook! and im so sad becaues i dont know how to do this T^T

    • @josed6739
      @josed6739 4 года назад

      I feel you 😭 I can’t think of a good hook, it always comes out bad

  • @garaymarkninod.5312
    @garaymarkninod.5312 4 года назад

    Thank you!👏 This help me a lot and I enjoyed this video. Sending love from the Philippines.💓

  • @rosegolddonut8325
    @rosegolddonut8325 4 года назад

    I've got an exam this morninggg

  • @Pikastation28
    @Pikastation28 5 лет назад +1

    This helps a lot.

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  5 лет назад

      Glad to hear it, thanks for saying so!

  • @sentillaMary
    @sentillaMary 5 лет назад

    So helpful! Thank you .

  • @khayotbeknormukhammadov2824
    @khayotbeknormukhammadov2824 4 года назад

    Thanks buddy

  • @LithiumKnight
    @LithiumKnight Год назад

    Thank you

  • @tiffanybaker30
    @tiffanybaker30 4 года назад

    Love this

  • @Jeremy-mg1es
    @Jeremy-mg1es 4 года назад

    I’m here because of online class :)

  • @minepers4680
    @minepers4680 4 года назад

    very usefull!!

  • @alzahrani3673
    @alzahrani3673 3 года назад

    Thanks bro

  • @ANKIT-og6vg
    @ANKIT-og6vg 6 лет назад

    Thank-you very much ,your videos are really helpful .

    • @Tom_Nicholas
      @Tom_Nicholas  6 лет назад +1

      No problems Ankit, glad you found it helpful!

  • @gamerxyt1202
    @gamerxyt1202 3 года назад

    Really Useful. I Had to make an essay on 'FITNESS BEATS PANDEMIC' and my mam was impressed...

  • @OmarElrefaey-f1b
    @OmarElrefaey-f1b 4 года назад

    Thanks :)

  • @laurenbasey9388
    @laurenbasey9388 5 лет назад

    This is probably a dumb question but are all the first for tips a must in a introduction OR is it a case of you pick which one is best suited to your essay situation ?

  • @sirineannaba264
    @sirineannaba264 5 лет назад

    Thanks ever so much

  • @kanaeroseweld2237
    @kanaeroseweld2237 4 года назад

    this guy must be an actor on Harry Poter's movies

  • @MariaZapata83
    @MariaZapata83 4 года назад

    thx

  • @dastaces
    @dastaces 5 лет назад

    Thanks

  • @saino7541
    @saino7541 3 года назад

    Good

  • @margaritofalcon9638
    @margaritofalcon9638 3 года назад

    I’m doing an essay about how can social media work in a positive way and I’m talking about suicide prevention how can I do it

  • @DeezNuts-my5yr
    @DeezNuts-my5yr 5 лет назад

    im a gaming type of person but i have a essay coming up and i hope this video will help me get better grades in science!!!!!

  • @danielp8149
    @danielp8149 4 года назад +1

    This guy is British I noticed
    I like British people

  • @lyzxthyst5544
    @lyzxthyst5544 4 года назад

    Still haven't started my essay coz I don't know how to. And I want to know how to do the hook chuchu. Friday na pasahan TT

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  • @vasttanja905
    @vasttanja905 4 года назад

    Don't question it.

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    @paulgoogol2652 3 года назад

    Cat's are amazing but I found another thing that is amazing. I'll talk about toilet paper.

  • @craydogdog1530
    @craydogdog1530 5 лет назад +2

    How about "we live in a society" as an intro.

  • @estrellat8111
    @estrellat8111 4 года назад

    Am I the only one that went to the comments to see if this video can help me or not

  • @borislavtsokov1736
    @borislavtsokov1736 4 года назад

    I mean.. as a marker in the humanities if I see an essay starting with a quote or personal story in the humanities the student can forget about a first.

  • @iancrooks8702
    @iancrooks8702 5 лет назад

    cool man

  • @humaidalshamsi2445
    @humaidalshamsi2445 4 года назад

    Is it good to start with "In this essay I will...." ?

    • @ogsaladbar
      @ogsaladbar 4 года назад

      Humaid Alshamsi no. that’s like the last thing you’d ever want to do when writing an essay lol especially for school

    • @vehement-critic_q8957
      @vehement-critic_q8957 4 года назад +1

      Never!!! You just start with blank sentences, then, you start the tension and then at the end of the intro you write the thesis statement.

    • @humaidalshamsi2445
      @humaidalshamsi2445 4 года назад

      @@ogsaladbar ok great. I will remember that. thank you..

  • @NaddaMercenary
    @NaddaMercenary 5 лет назад

    you are so adorable with your little red ear

  • @NessieAndrew
    @NessieAndrew 5 лет назад

    Done

  • @yonn2014
    @yonn2014 3 года назад

    wassssup sophomores

  • @repent-your-sins
    @repent-your-sins 4 года назад

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