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Name: ___________________________________
Date: ___________________________________
Essay Key Terms
Instructions: Match the term with the definition. Write the letter of the definition to the right term
- 1. Topic
- 2. Thesis
- 3. Grabber
- 4. Title
- 5. Main Idea
- 6. Details
- 7. Clincher
- a. The most important thing we read about the main topic.
- b. The last sentence of an essay-it leaves the reader with SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
- c. The first sentence of an essay- that gets the reader’s attention
- d. The opinion or argument of an essay-what the writer is trying to get the reader to understand.
- e. The name of an essay
- f. What a text is mostly about. Usually,it is the key point that the author wants the reader to remember
- g. What the essay is going to be about
Name: ___________________________________
Date: ___________________________________
Essay Key Terms (Answer Key)
Instructions: Match the term with the definition. Write the letter of the definition to the right term
- g 1. Topic
- d 2. Thesis
- c 3. Grabber
- e 4. Title
- f 5. Main Idea
- a 6. Details
- b 7. Clincher
- a. The most important thing we read about the main topic.
- b. The last sentence of an essay-it leaves the reader with SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
- c. The first sentence of an essay- that gets the reader’s attention
- d. The opinion or argument of an essay-what the writer is trying to get the reader to understand.
- e. The name of an essay
- f. What a text is mostly about. Usually,it is the key point that the author wants the reader to remember
- g. What the essay is going to be about
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