FORMULATING A CONCLUDING SENTENCE FOR A PARAGRAPH Why is a concluding sentence important in a paragraph? It is needed to show that the writer has completed what he wants to say and to leave in the reader’s mind a final statement of the paragraph’s main idea. What is a concluding sentence? It pulls together or summarizes the main idea of the paragraph‚ usually in a single sentence. The concluding sentence also provides a definite ending point for the paragraph. What can you do to make sure that
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Persuasive Speech Tips and Topics How to write a persuasive speech © Naomi Rockler-Gladen Feb 1‚ 2007 1. Find an appropriate and interesting persuasive speech topic. For many students‚ this is one of the most difficult parts of writing a persuasive speech. 2. Know your audience well. To be persuasive‚ you absolutely must identify with your audience and make your audience identify with you. This is so important‚ and yet many speakers don’t try. Who are the members of your audience? What
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The reflection on into the wild “Into the wild” is a novel in which has been written by Jon Krakauer. The novel depicts the travels and adventures of Chris McCandless across North America and Alaska. Chris McCandless originally came from the wealthy family and was raised surrounded by the advantaged environment. He then graduated University of Alaska with decent grades and attitudes. His parents wished Chris to go to the law school of Harvard. However‚ he refused their demand and felt disgusted
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Plastic Surgery Millions of people‚ both men and women‚ undergo plastic surgery every year. While some plastic surgery is done for medical reasons‚ such as reconstruction after an accident‚ many other procedures are voluntary. People see a flaw and feel the need to fix it. Whether their breasts are too small‚ their nose is too big‚ or their stomach isn’t flat enough‚ plastic surgery can fix it. So the big question remains‚ is plastic surgery a way to promote beauty or destroy? I believe the
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Assignment12.4 Anna Guzman * Title- Why education is important * General Purpose- Inform * Specific Purpose- Inform students why education is important * Thesis: Why education is important Education is important for so many reasons. Having an education can take you places you never imagined. And education can lead you to endless possibilities. Being educated can allow you to direct your own life to make your own decisions and pave your own path for your life
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Great Expectations is a coming of age novel. This novel is a story of Pip and his initial dreams and resulting disappointments that eventually lead him to becoming a genuinely good man. During his journey into adulthood‚ Pip comes to realize two diverse concepts of being a gentleman and he comes to find the real gentlemen in his life aren’t the people he had thought. Encouraged by Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook‚ as a child Pip entertains fantasies of becoming a gentleman. In the eyes of Pip a
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PERSUASIVE WRITING English 9: Mr. Castellano The next type of writing we will do is the persuasive essay. In this essay‚ you will be working to convince your reader of the rightness of your point of view on a specific topic. As I have already said‚ in some ways every type of writing is a form of persuasion: you are always trying to make your reader see the correctness of your opinion. In this assignment‚ however‚ you will stake out your position on a particular topic and argue forcefully
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Facts & Statistics The numbers continue to rise every month... - It is estimated that 160‚000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Source: National Education Association. - American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus‚ National School Safety Center. - 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying. - 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of
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Becca Dix In Spoon River Anthology‚ Edgar Lee Masters shatters the myths of small town life in America by his use of style and tone. Masters characterizes the Town Marshall and Jack McGuire by their Thoughts‚ similarities‚ and their point of views. The Towns’ people thought of him as “ Grim‚righteous‚strong‚courageous‚ and a hater of saloons and drinkers”(19) just because they thought of him as a terrible man for killing a swede while he was drunk‚ which derived his hatred for alcohol. A waste
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Persuasive speech outline purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross. Introduction: 1. Did you know that blood donated to the American Red Cross saves XXX lives per year? 2. People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it is worth it because it saves so many lives and you get great snacks. Body: I. Giving blood is easy a. It only takes about an hour b. You just lay back and let the nurses do the work c. It
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