Identifying and Analyzing a Hook What technique does the author use to engage the
reader?
What is the effect of this technique?
It is a British penny with King Edward VII in elegant
profile, but his image has been defaced in what was then
a criminal act. Stamped all over the king's head in crude
capitals are the words VOTES FOR WOMEN. This
suffragette coin stands for all those who fought for the
right to vote. Recent objects have been about nineteenth-
century mass production and mass consumption - this
one is about the rise of mass political engagement.
- A History of the World in 100 Objects,
Neil MacGregor