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Introductions and Conclusions

Thesis Generation

Introductions and Conclusions:

Your Thoughts

Your Thoughts

Your Thoughts

Which is more difficult for you to write: the introduction or the conclusion? Why is the other easier?

How have previous writing habits helped or hindered your process of writing introductions/conclusions?

What are your major concerns about crafting an introduction and conclusion for this paper?

Introduction Conventions

  • The thesis is located in last sentence

  • It only contains necessary or relevant information, but should still be about half a page for a paper of this length

  • Generally, introductions are only one paragraph, but they can be longer depending upon the scale of your project

Hook: My parents would tell you that I began my obsession wi...

Hook: My parents would tell you that I began my obsession with fantasy and magic when I was six.

Background: My dad, an avid Lord of the Rings (LOTR) fan, had The Return of the King playing on the television in the background as he helped my mom make dinner. I sat on the floor in front of the screen watching, entranced, by plot unfolding on Middle Earth. Ever since, I was hooked on anything with medieval fantasy, dragons, and magic.

Introducing concepts: In addition to my life-long obsession with LOTR, my interests in fantasy extends to HBO’s Game of Thrones television series. Both compositions portray medieval universes rife with conflicts: both magical and political.

Thesis: The complex politics that revolve around rulership, inheritance, and war seen throughout these compositions further reinforced my decision to major in Political Science.

Drafting Your Introduction

Drafting Your Introduction

  • A non-cosmic, engaging hook that captures your paper's scope
  • 2-3 sentences of background information (if necessary)
  • Introduces the titles of your compositions along with the genre they fall under.
  • Briefly summarize the purpose and/or rhetorical situation of each composition.
  • Your claim

Conclusion Conventions

  • Restate your thesis/claim (do not copy and paste it from the intro)

  • Recap your major sub-points, emphasizing how they support your claim

  • End with a "So, What?" point

"So, What?"

"So, What?"

Conclusions need to remind your reader that you haven't wasted their time by recapping your main point (not copying and pasting it), and explaining the significance of it.

  • Call to Action: Asks/persuades your reader to do something regarding the purpose of your paper (I.e. save the rainforest)
  • Contextualization: Fitting your purpose into a larger, global frame work (Making your specific argument broader)
  • The Twist: Offering up another reason to explain your problem
  • Suggesting More Research: Passing the baton onto another writer

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