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7/25/2019 Writing Effective Opening and Closing Paragraph
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Writing Efective Opening
and Closing Paragraphs
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Why are opening and closingparagraphs important?
Opening Paragraph is your introduction. Itswhere you introduce your topic o writing toyour audience.
Your introduction must e efective in order to
gra the readers attention and set the tone othe paper! it is li"e ma"ing a #rst impression.
Closing paragraphs are or summari$ing your
ideas and reiterating your purpose or writing. Your conclusion is important ecause it is the
last thing the reader reads! you always want toend on a positive note.
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What should e included in the
opening%
A Hook- grabber statement
A thesis statement
&'he (oo" is a )* second window o opportunitywherein mar"eters gain your attention+ , this alsoapplies to writing-
Ways to accomplish this%
./egin with a road general statement
).0se a 1uestion or series o thought provo"ing 1uestions
2.0se 1uotations3.0se an anecdote4 a story or event with a moral
5.0se statistics
6.0se opposite o your topic4 start y stating the opposing views opinion
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Continued%
Thesis statement: is a singlesentence that states the main pointsyou will e covering in the essay.
E7ample8 &9econd lie has lurred the lineetween reality and #ction: provided users withan escape rom the real world: and is creating anenergy crisis.+
IN THE ABOVE, three points are clearly made about thetopic, Second Life, to let the reader no! !hat they areabout to read further into"
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What should e included in the
closing%
9ignal the end o the paper
;eiterate your thesis statement
What you may have learned
&'he /ig Picture+'ransitional words or phrases should e used to si#nal your reader
that you are ending your paper.
Your thesisshould e restated in a way that summari$es youre7panded ideas in the previous paragraphs.
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Common mista"es in opening
paragraphs%
DO NOT start your paper with the main purpose o yourwriting- &>ood writers "now that one o the most seriouserrors that can e made is y opening up right away withthe main purpose o the writing.+
egin with a road: general statement and then narrow it down to yourthesis.
/eginning with: &In this paper I am going to write aout%+or anything along those lines is a hugeNO, NO!!
In your thesis: Donte too road or speci#c.
e7ample o too road: &Civil War was a ma@or turning point in
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Common mista"es in closing
paragraphs%
DONT BE REPETTE!!'his is proaly themost common mista"e in concluding paragraphs.It can e dicult not to repeat yoursel ecauseyou are restating your thesis: ut youAre notrewriting your thesis: @ust summari$ing the ideaspreviously discussed.
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