A Long Way Gone - Intro and Conclusion

This post is for juniors only.

Now that you've completed your three body paragraphs, it is time to write your introduction and conclusion.



Your introduction should include the following four elements:

1. hook (attention grabber)
2. link (in which you introduce the title and author of the book about which you are writing)
3. thesis (in which you present the claim that, throughout the book, Ishmael goes through several character changes)
4. bridge (in which you explain just what those character changes are)

Your conclusion should satisfy two criteria:

1. briefly summarize the central idea of your essay
2. ask the question, "So what?" - in other words, the conclusion should make the essay relevant to the reader

As always, you are responsible for the following editing criteria:

• third person
• present tense
• no contractions
• correct grammar/punctuation
• correct spelling
• correct capitalization
• book titles italicized
• a creative, original title for your essay