Essay Key Terms

Question or Hint Answer or Word
  1. Topic What the essay is going to be about
  2. Thesis The opinion or argument of an essay-what the writer is trying to get the reader to understand.
  3. Grabber The first sentence of an essay- that gets the reader’s attention
  4. Title The name of an essay
  5. Main Idea What a text is mostly about. Usually,it is the key point that the author wants the reader to remember
  6. Details The most important thing we read about the main topic.
  7. Clincher The last sentence of an essay-it leaves the reader with SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

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