composition 101: five paragraph essay, conclusions scholar’s latino initiative 2011-2012
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Composition 101: Five Paragraph Essay, Conclusions
Scholar’s Latino Initiative2011-2012
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Introduction: Conclusions
Conclusions should:• Transition the reader from your essay back into
their world;– Highlight why your essay is important to the reader’s
daily life. • Consider issues beyond the prompt of the essay;• Reaffirm that reading your essay was worth the
reader’s time.– Should give the reader something to take away.
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How to Write a Conclusion
• Ask yourself or a reader “So what?” – Example: you write a paper on taxes and you argue
that they can be good. – Friend: So what?– You: Well, people and society benefit from them.– Friend: Why should I care?– You: There are implications for whether
government taxes your income and/or your purchases. It determines whether there will be good roads, a functioning court system, a military, and schools.
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How to Write a Conclusion
• Return to your introduction.– Example• Intro: In the 1965, over 42% of the population smoked,
and the average tax on cigarettes was $0.05. In contrast, in 2000, only 23% of the population smoked and the average tax on cigarette was $1.50. • Conclusion: In the 1960’s, people could not imagine
that forty years later the smoking rate would plummet by 20%, but partially due to the increased taxes on cigarettes, it has.
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How to Write a Conclusion
• Include a provocative quote, insight, statistic etc. from your research.
• Purpose a course of action: What does your essay mean for future policy? Research?
• Point to broader implications: What does your essay say about human behavior? Broader policy?
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What to Avoid
• Starting your conclusion with, “In conclusion”, “In summary”, “In closing” etc.;
• Copy and pasting from you introduction;• Introducing a new new bit of evidence in
support of your argument;• Making a sentimental or emotional appeal;– If your writing a technical paper about taxes, bad
idea to include a sad tale about teachers being laid off or someone loosing their house.
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Bad Conclusions
• “This is what I think. Period.” – Very short– Repeats your thesis– Example: In conclusion, taxes can be good,
because they finance the functioning of the government.
• Saves the thesis for last: you state your thesis for the first time in the conclusion.
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Bad Conclusions
• Impassioned or personal.• Random conclusions.– Makes points that are not in the main part of the paper. – Is disjointed from the rest of essay. – Off topic.
Example: Social Security is a prime example of why taxes can be good. Social Security helps ensure that our grandmothers and grandfathers will not have to eat dog food in the twilight of their lives.
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Recap of Class 2
• Things to do and to avoid: – Do: define terms– Do: use the language of prompt– Do: use concrete examples– Don’t: Get overly personal/emotional.
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Recap of Class 2
• Introductions– How to write an introduction– Different kinds of introductions– Good introductions– Bad introductions
• Conclusions– How to write a conclusion– Good conclusions– Bad conclusions