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Essay LeadsTransitionsConclusions
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Essay Lead: Things to Ask Yourself when
writing LeadsIs it inviting? – lively, engaging
Is it clear? – immediate understanding of specific issue or problem
Is it true? – statements factual, accurate, believable
Is it focused? point the direction essay is headed
Is there an attitude? – sound like you, conviction about your opinion or issue
Is there a clearly implied audience? – target an audience- who do you want to talk to or convince
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Essay Lead
Is it long and and developed enough? – enough info to establish problem of essay
Is it packed with information? – sufficient context, backgroud, evidence, concrete examples, quotes, statistics, information of some sort, do we want to continue reading
Is it honest and unexaggerated? – rest of essay is what you said you would tell us
Is the language clear and strong? – straightforward, easy and inviting, have vivid verbs
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Effective Transitions
link phrases, sentences, and paragraphs
ties ideas together
so reader can logically move from one thought to the next
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Transition Tactics
Elaborating in Logical Sequencechronological order
clearly state shifts in time to keep reader’s interest
Referring to a Fact or Ideaconnect idea at end of one sentence or paragraph to beginning of next
Repeating a key wordrepeat this key word in one sentence or paragraph in the beginning of next
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Transition Tactics
Using a synonymrephrase a key word from one sentence or paragraph to the next
Using transitional words or phraseschoose an appropriate transition to indicate sequence of thought or to move the reader through a piece of writing
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Transitions That…
Reference the list for ideas of transitions to use.
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Essay Conclusion
“The end must connect with the opening. What has been promised must have been delivered. Read the opening over to see what closing it implies.” Donald Murray
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Some Conclusions to Try
Admonition or Instruction: what the reader can do about the issue
Prediction: an insight into how the future might be different, better, or worse
Strong, Punched Statement: perhaps a one-sentence paragraph
Anecdote: a brief story that reiterates the essence of the issue or situation
Pointed Question: leaves the reader thinking
Echo: circles back to the lead
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A Conclusion to Avoid
“Only rarely in effective writing is the closing a formal summary in which the writer repeats…what has already been said.” Donald Murray