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