Ending your Essay By Professor Allison Knox, Elgin Community College.
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Ending your Essay
By Professor Allison Knox, Elgin Community College
Take Your Reader Back Home
Bring back the imagery from the attention getter
We live in a society today where everyone plays an important role to keep a stable society. As citizens, we each live in a particular “class.” A majority of people make up the middle class, while fewer are considered to be lower or upper class.
So . . . in my conclusion,
I want to bring back the idea of human society
compared to fish
Since I just hinted at theactual ads, maybe in the
conclusion, I could actually describe part of one . . .
Dude, use the onewith girl in the swim suit,
like, catching Doritos, like, in her mouth!
Don’t Leave Reader Stranded!
Remind the reader what you have covered and where you have been.
Acceptance of the good and bad moments in my life has led me to some success and has helped me become the independent and determined person that I am today.
Now, in my conclusion, I need to remind my readers that I have
shown bothindependence and
determination
Some go on to lead happy lives without further education. Some, like me, seek second chances. . .
My conclusion needs to remind my readers thatI am making up for my
mistakes and that this schol-arship will help give me
my “second chance.”
Conclusion should
REFLECT the
Introduction
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Start broad
Narrow tothesis
Body maintainsfocus on thesis
Start conclusion with narrow focus
Move back to broader focus
To Do in Small Groups:Re-read the intro and conclusion “Phonics First” in Sticks and Stones.
Find the thesis statement in the intro
Find the restatement of the thesis in the conclusion.
Re-read the Intro and Conclusion for “Only She”Where does the Conclusion reflects ideas or imagery from the Intro?Where is the Thesis Statement restated or implied?
To Do in as a class:
The American Heritage Dictionary defines “anxiety” as a “state or cause of uneasiness and apprehension; worry.” I define anxiety as teenagers; giving my teens the freedom to make decisions. Many of my nights are sleepless, yet my days are buoyed by the hope of being a “good enough” mom. Sometime I wonder if am am going to survive parenthood at all. I feel I am drowning in a sea of anxiety. After all, family life is not what is used to be. I find that our current American culture creates an alarming atmosphere in which to raise teens.
Start conclusionwith
restatement of thesis
Then reviewexamples from
BODY thatshow the anxiety
Close conclusionwith new definition
or some reference todefinitions used in intro
The American Heritage Dictionary defines “anxiety” as a “state or cause of uneasiness and apprehension; worry.” I define anxiety as teenagers; giving my teens the freedom to make decisions. Many of my nights are sleepless, yet my days are buoyed by the hope of being a “good enough” mom. Sometime I wonder if am am going to survive parenthood at all. I feel I am drowning in a sea of anxiety. After all, family life is not what is used to be. I find that our current American culture creates an alarming atmosphere in which to raise teens.
How would you develop a conclusion for this essay, given this introduction?