Introductions &Conclusions

Purpose

CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH➔ Recaps your main points➔ Restates your thesis statement➔ Gives your reader a takeaway

◆ Answers the question: “So what?”

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INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH➔ Gets your reader

interested (hook)➔ Introduces necessary

background information (bridge)

➔ Tells your reader what your essay will be about (thesis statement)

IntroductionStructure

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Hook

Background

“Hook Strategies - ➔ Tell a story➔ Paint a picture➔ Use a fact or statistic➔ Use a quote➔ Ask a REALLY GOOD question➔ References current events

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ConclusionStructure

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Review of Points

Takeaway

ExamplesLet’s look at some examples...

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