Grabbers -
optional attention-getting device for writing
- for essays, for paragraphs
- grabs the reader’s attention, makes them pay
attention
Some
example of grabbers
i.
-general
to specific statement
say something big, then narrow it
down
funnel \ /
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Empathy is a very normal and healthy emotion for all humans to feel
toward other living creatures. The boys didn’t kill the pheasants because they
too felt empathy for the helpless birds.
ii.
-short
anecdote
short personal story
personalizes, first person
I grew up next to a farm, and I know that killing animals is not easy
even though it is necessary. So too, the boys couldn’t …
iii.
-historical
reference
Humans have been farming for many thousands of years, and harvesting animals
is part of farming. However, the boys couldn’t…
iv.
-fact
or statistic
80%, four out of five
Living creatures cannot survive for more than a few hours if their core
temperature drops and they become hypothermic. TOPIC SENTENCE
v.
-question
(answered by thesis statement)
Have you ever clubbed a bird?
Have you ever gone hunting? For some
people, it is not easy to kill an animal. TS
vi.
-relevant
quotation by famous person
My mother said, “Never eat a chicken because we don’t want to kill
them.”
Buddha said, “Life is suffering. We must empathy for all living
creature.”
Books of quotations.
vii.
-relevant
idiom from any language
-don’t translate well, have a lot of
meaning
In English we call someone who is afraid to do something, a “chicken”.
However, the boys didn’t act out of fear, but of empathy.
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