The conclusion is arguably the hardest paragraph of an analysis to write. Select all of the following that may be used to make a conclusion memorable rather than repetative.

1. Evaluating an author's success in conveying his/her message
2. Offering an opinion of the value or significance of the text
3. Making prediction about what will happen next in the text
4. Providing a personal statement about the topic of the text
5. Using one or two interesting direct quotations from the text

Question

The conclusion is arguably the hardest paragraph of an analysis to write. Select all of the following that may be used to make a conclusion memorable rather than repetative.

1. Evaluating an author's success in conveying his/her message
2. Offering an opinion of the value or significance of the text
3. Making prediction about what will happen next in the text
4. Providing a personal statement about the topic of the text
5. Using one or two interesting direct quotations from the text

anonymous · Answer

its worth 4 points so i assume there are 4 of which are correct

tkhunny · Answer

I don't understand #3.  If the author concluded the paper, why would there be anything "next"?  If we're actually considering implications from the author, that woudl be in #2, I would think.

My opinion.

anonymous · Answer

thanks! :D

anonymous · Answer

think you could help me with this one too? Match the words to the correct letters

commentary
thesis
lead-in
clincher
hook
summary
concrete detail
topic sentence
parenthetical citation
transition


A. Perhaps the deeper cause of the tragedy lies in fact that neither Giovanni nor Rappaccini love or trust Beatrice more than his beliefs.
C. In "Rappaccini's Daughter," Hawthorne exposes the effects of betrayal in order to demonstrate that all in this world is untrustworthy and death is the only certainty.
I. Rappaccini is confronted with his treachery by Beatrice in her dying moments when she asks,
H. She turns from the poison with which her father nourished and sustained her and accepts the antidote which Giovanni, her lover offers her.
B. Trust is like a mirror; once it has been shattered, nothing ever looks quite the same.
Summary
F. So Giovanni, like Rappaccini, is betrayed by faith in an idea.
G. As she dies from the antidote, she charges Giovanni with her death saying, "Farewell, Giovanni. Thy words of hatred are like lead within my heart...Oh, was there from the first not more poison in thy nature than in mine?" (420).
Topic Sentence
J. Still, wages of betrayal are more horrible - life.
E. (399)
D. This story goes beyond mere tragedy, however.

tkhunny · Answer

Ha!!  Come on, pick off a few.   :-)

anonymous · Answer

honestly i totally suck at all this english stuff it really sucks :/  I know parenthetical citation is E. but thats about it.