Unlike an explicit question, which clearly gives the reader a question to ask themselves, an implicit question gives the reader enough information to make the reader come up with questions for themselves. Weiland states that “We’ve created a hook only when we’ve convinced readers to ask the general question, “What’s going to happen?”...” (Weiland 338). In the very first sentence, Holmes is getting a bottle and a hypodermic syringe. This automatically makes the reader ask themselves “What is he doing?”. Right after this, it is revealed that Holmes is doing drugs. Even though the reader now knows what he was doing, they still want to know exactly why. This makes the reader want to continue the novel so they can find the answers to their questions. Instead of giving everything away right at the beginning, Doyle entices the reader with mystery and unanswered questions so they will keep
Unlike an explicit question, which clearly gives the reader a question to ask themselves, an implicit question gives the reader enough information to make the reader come up with questions for themselves. Weiland states that “We’ve created a hook only when we’ve convinced readers to ask the general question, “What’s going to happen?”...” (Weiland 338). In the very first sentence, Holmes is getting a bottle and a hypodermic syringe. This automatically makes the reader ask themselves “What is he doing?”. Right after this, it is revealed that Holmes is doing drugs. Even though the reader now knows what he was doing, they still want to know exactly why. This makes the reader want to continue the novel so they can find the answers to their questions. Instead of giving everything away right at the beginning, Doyle entices the reader with mystery and unanswered questions so they will keep