1. Advanced Grabbers

2. Have you tried these grabbers before?
Strong action verb sentences – action scene
Imagery – descriptive scene
Simile – “Revenge is is like . . .” then explain it.
Humor

3. Strong Action Verb Sentences
Swords clash. Crowds gather. A young man collapses in a spreading pool of blood. Another stumbles away, crying “O, I am fortune’s fool!” This turning point in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is just one place where the author develops the theme that . . .

4. Figurative Language Grabber
Simile: The desire for revenge is like a boa constrictor. It sneaks up on a person, silently, then strangles them, slowly but surely. For Tybalt, revenge acts like this, urging him to unnecessary violence. In William Shakspeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the author develops the theme that . . .

5. Humor
A moody teenager lurks in the forest in the early mornings then shuts himself up in his room, darkened like a sepulcher as the sun rises. Is he a vampire? No, he is Romeo, the star of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. And he is pathetic. In this play, Shakespeare develops the theme . . .

7. Pick three to try. Remember, three sentence minimum.
Strong action verb sentences – action scene
Mini-story – may be based on literature
Imagery – descriptive scene
Simile – “Justice is like . . .” then explain it.
Humor