Some Resources for Conclusions in Student Essays.

Elder, Dana C.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Some Resources for Conclusions in Student Essays.

Elder, Dana C.

College Composition and Communication, v38 n3 p350-54 Oct 1987

Discusses a set of options for concluding an essay founded upon Aristotle's four goals of a conclusion: (1) to dispose the hearer favorably towards oneself and unfavorably towards the adversary; (2) to amplify and depreciate; (3) to excite the emotions of the hearer; (4) to recapitulate. Cites various composition theorists to elaborate these options. (JG)

Descriptors: Expository Writing, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetorical Invention, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Instruction

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