Assignment 19 Writing a Composition: The Conclusion

summarize

To conclude is to blank ideas.

The sentence in a paragraph that tells what the paragraph is about.

Topic sentence

Words that aid in giving coherence to the essay

Transitional

A conclusion should restate the thesis. False True

True

A concluding sentence and a clincher sentence do not mean the same thing. True False

False

Found in the concluding statement

Summary

The pattern of the conclusion is opposite that introduction because it begins with blank. A. The general and moves to the specific B. A specific statement and moves to general statements

B. A specific statement and moves to general statements

The conclusion needs to.... A. Repeat the thesis exactly B. Restate thesis with variety C. Restate major ideas from the body with imagination D. Generalize at the end with a statement the reader can ponder E. End with every specific statement

B. Restate thesis with variety C. Restate major ideas from the body with imagination D. Generalize at the end with a statement the reader can ponder

An original paper or essay

Composition

Restates thesis and closes paper

Conclusion

Statements that support the thesis

Examples

A method that works toward the topic sentence

General to particular

Actual events or case histories

Incidents

Portion of essay located between the introduction and conclusion

The body

What the writer wants to prove

Thesis

The concluding paragraph can be the most challenging part of the paper. True False

True

The reader formulates his final impression from the closing statement. True False

True

redundant

Using too many words for the same idea is being...