1) Easy Bib Tutorial - easybib.com
Today we will create your individual accounts that you will use from here on out whenever citing sources.
2) Let's Chat.....Closing Paragraph!!
Below are some reminders when building your closing paragraph as well as some "DO NOT's"!!!
Homework: Have in class with you a final draft of both your essay and graph for a peer edit party!
**One or more of the following strategies may help you write an effective conclusion.**
- Play the “So What” Game. If you’re stuck
and feel like your conclusion isn’t saying anything new or
interesting, ask a friend to read it with you. Whenever you make a
statement from your conclusion, ask the friend to say, “So
what?” or “Why should anybody care?” Then ponder that
question and answer it.
You can also use this strategy on your own, asking yourself “So What?” as you develop your ideas or your draft.
- Return to the
theme or themes in the introduction. This strategy brings the
reader full circle. For example, if you begin by describing a
scenario, you can end with the same scenario as proof that your
essay is helpful in creating a new understanding. You may also refer
to the introductory paragraph by using key words or parallel
concepts and images that you also used in the introduction.
- Synthesize, don’t summarize: Include a brief
summary of the paper’s main points, but don’t simply repeat
things that were in your paper. Instead, show
your reader how the points you made and the support and examples you
used fit together. Pull it all together.
- Include a
provocative insight or quotation from the research or reading you
did for your paper.
- Propose a
course of action, a solution to an issue, or questions for
further study. This can redirect your reader’s thought process and
help her to apply your info and ideas to her own life or to see the
broader implications.
- Point to
broader implications. For example, if your paper examines the
Greensboro sit-ins or another event in the Civil Rights Movement,
you could point out its impact on the Civil Rights Movement as a
whole. A paper about the style of writer Virginia Woolf could point
to her influence on other writers or on later feminists.
DO NOT
- Beginning with an unnecessary, overused phrase
such as “in conclusion,” “in summary,” or “in closing.”
Although these phrases can work in speeches, they come across as
wooden and trite in writing.
- Stating the thesis for the very first time in
the conclusion.
- Introducing a new idea or subtopic in your
conclusion.
- Ending with a rephrased thesis statement without
any substantive changes.
- Making sentimental, emotional appeals that are
out of character with the rest of an analytical paper.
No comments:
Post a Comment