The into and conclusion to every essay I have ever written has been the hardest part of the paper. I have the worst time trying to figure out how the engage the reader in my essay. I have had plenty of pointers on how to start off, such as asking a question, starting off with a quote or an interesting fact. Those have helped me through the many essays I have written in high school, but I can't use those tools in my conclusion.
The conclusion of an essay is the hardest for one major reason, teachers can't seem to make up their mind on what its function is. I was originally taught that the conclusion is supposed to summarize the paper, so with that in mind, that is how I wrote my conclusion. I would restate my thesis go over my main points again. As I have progressed to more advanced English classes though, I have found that I am not allowed to summarize in my conclusion. One teacher actually told me that my conclusion "needs to go out into the world." I don't even know what that means. Figuring out how to end my paper on a powerful and rememberable note is hard enough without everyone telling me a different way to do it.
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