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
-the “funnel”
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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-historical reference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 a famous person
Barack Obama once said, “Never club a
frozen pheasant.”
My mother said, “Never eat a chicken because we don’t want to kill
them.”
Buddha said, “Life is suffering. We must have empathy for all living
creatures.”
Books of quotations.
vii.
-relevant idiom from any language
-don’t translate well, have a lot of
meaning
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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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