Read each example from the opening of a speech on the topic of video gaming. Identify the type of hook being used According to a recent study, the average American teenager spends nine hours a week playing video games. Too many students are spending too much time playing video games. Once, I played video games for so long that my fingers cramped up, and I couldn't write for a week! Excessive video gaming has "been linked by many studies to aggressive behavior,' according to a 2012 news героrt. 7