Post by thethoughtpolice on Mar 15, 2011 15:40:57 GMT
"How is this paragraph an effective conclusion to the passage as a whole?"
This is a gift of a question, especially if just concerned with ideas.
What you want to do is to look for the writer repeating/summing up/coming off the fence on the ideas that they have been unpacking throughout the whole piece.
Start by summing up what the ideas of that final paragraph are. Then tie them to a quotation from the final paragraph and explain what they mean. Then make a link back to an idea that was similar from the rest of the passage. If you have time, do this with another quotation.
E.G
The writer sums up the ideas that he/she has been expounding throughout that...
This is clearly illustrated through"..." which means...
This is similar to earlier in the passage where they mentioned "..." which contains the idea that...
If there is a similar tone, identify the tone and say why effective?
If there is similar imagery or a good image that sums up the passage's ideas then use your 'just as... so too...' to analyse it.
See, easy!
This is a gift of a question, especially if just concerned with ideas.
What you want to do is to look for the writer repeating/summing up/coming off the fence on the ideas that they have been unpacking throughout the whole piece.
Start by summing up what the ideas of that final paragraph are. Then tie them to a quotation from the final paragraph and explain what they mean. Then make a link back to an idea that was similar from the rest of the passage. If you have time, do this with another quotation.
E.G
The writer sums up the ideas that he/she has been expounding throughout that...
This is clearly illustrated through"..." which means...
This is similar to earlier in the passage where they mentioned "..." which contains the idea that...
If there is a similar tone, identify the tone and say why effective?
If there is similar imagery or a good image that sums up the passage's ideas then use your 'just as... so too...' to analyse it.
See, easy!