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Writing to Climax: Strategies for Creating Effective Conclusions.

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Brown, Stephen G. – Exercise Exchange, 1996

Provides pointers for incorporating the use of metaphors, alliteration, restating of the thesis, answering questions by reiteration of the thesis, and other ideas for writing an effective conclusion in high school and college papers. (PA)

Descriptors: Expository Writing, Figurative Language, High Schools, Higher Education

Helping Students to Write Well-Developed and Detailed Paragraphs and Essays Using "QUEEN FRANCIS."

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Backman, Brian – Exercise Exchange, 1996

Explains how to get middle school through college students to write detailed paragraphs with the QUEEN FRANCIS method--an acronym that stands for "Qu"otes, "E"xamples, "E"xperts, "N"ames, "F"acts, "R"easons, "A"necdotes, "N"umbers, "C"oncrete words,…

Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Middle Schools