1. Recap Amplify Credibility Emotions

2. Clearly introduces a topic in a manner that follows from the task and purpose
The beginning should be interesting.
The essay must match and answer the focusing question.
Re-read your body paragraphs to remind yourself what ideas you need to introduce in our introduction and what ideas you need to wrap up in your conclusion.
Provide a concluding statement/section that follows from the topic and information presented.
Concluding statement: the paragraph that wraps up the main ideas and supporting details of an essay.
Should not have quotes from the text
Share your own thinking: what have you learned from analyzing the evidence

3. Recap
REMIND YOUR READER ABOUT YOUR MAIN IDEA

4. Amplify
EXPLAIN THE BIG PICTURE BEHIND WHY YOUR CLAIM MATTERS

5. Credibility
SHOW YOUR READER THAT YOU ARE AN EXPERT AND YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF

6. Emotions
MAKE YOUR READER CARE AND FEEL SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TOPIC

7. Sample Essay Conclusion
Despite the challenges of war, losing his family, and having to walk across Southern Sudan, Salva did survive. He was eventually adopted by an America family in Rochester, NY. As a grown man, he returned to Sudan, found his father and was reunited with his original family. He also started an organization to build wells to make life less of a struggle for other children in Sudan. His story is a remarkable one because of all that he had to overcome. His life can be an inspiration to all of us because it shows that we can overcome many things that would try to discourage and defeat us.

8. Sample Essay Conclusion
Despite the challenges of war, losing his family, and having to walk across Southern Sudan, Salva did survive. He was eventually adopted by an America family in Rochester, NY. As a grown man, he returned to Sudan, found his father and was reunited with his original family. He also started an organization to build wells to make life less of a struggle for other children in Sudan. His story is a remarkable one because of all that he had to overcome. His life can be an inspiration to all of us because it shows that we can overcome many things that would try to discourage and defeat us.
Recap Amplify
Credibility Emotions