College Composition / Unit 19 CMP 0463 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Matching Opening and Close
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The idea
A strong opening and conclusion frame the same argument, so readers finish where the paper promised to take them.
In practice
A paper that opens with an anecdote can return to it at the end, showing how the argument has changed the story's meaning.
Where people slip
If the conclusion argues a different point from the introduction, revise one of them.
Your place on the trail
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