INTRODUCTION (minimum 3 sentences) Hook: See our 7 Methods in the notes below. Click to add text Link: (Get us from the Creative Hook the Not-Messing-Around Thesis. If necessary, explain your Hook. Start to bring in the prompt language: the topic.) Click to add text Our 7 Methods: 1. Set a scene/use description; 2. Make a comparison; 3. State an Interesting Fact; 4. Tell an anecdote; 5. Make a bold or unusual statement; 6. Offer a quotation. 7. Ask a question that doesn't just repeat the prompt question or provoke a yes/no response: no shallow questions!)​