1. WRITING INTRODUCTIONS
AND HOOKS – PAST UNREAL
CONDITIONALS
WRITING INTRODUCTIONS AND
HOOKS
• The introductory paragraph is an
important part in an essay.

2. • The reader will be attracted to read
your essay if your introductory
paragraph is good.
• In order to provoke the reader’s
interest, you need to include a hook
in your introductory paragraph.

3. A hook is a sentence or two meant to
grab the reader’s attention. The hook
could be:
• a shocking or surprising sentence;
• an anecdote (story);
• an interesting point;
• a quote.

4. Examples:
Stop! Don’t take that pill! You can pray that
headache away. Or at least that’s what
people who believe in spiritual healing would
have you believe.
Dr. Larry saw for himself the power of
spiritual healing when his patient whose
lungs were filled with cancer and who
refused all medical intervention returned to
his care within one year with completely
clean lungs. What had the patient done?
Pray.

5. PAST UNREAL CONDITIONALS
A past unreal conditional sentence has
two clauses:
The if clause (condition)
If + subject + past perfect
If her parents had brought her to a
doctor, …

6. The result clause (result)
Subject + would (not) have + past participle
could (not) have
might (not) have
Amy would have taken medicine.
Source: http://www.psmag.com/blogs/the-101/the-spectrum-of-color-response-take-your-medicine-51195/

7. If her parents had brought her to a
doctor, Amy would have taken
medicine.
Amy would have taken medicine if her
parents had brought her to a doctor.
Source: http://webcatolicodejavier.org/quieroabortar.html

8. The past unreal conditional talks about
past unreal, untrue, or imagined
conditions and their results. Both parts
of the sentence describe events that
are the opposite of what happened.
What really happened: Amy’s parents
didn’t brought her to a doctor. Amy
didn’t take medicine.

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