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Learner detects an essay whose conclusion has arrived nowhere and identifies which paragraph failed to advance it.
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Six essays, introduction and conclusion only. Four went nowhere.
Intro: Free transport is worth its cost. Conclusion: In conclusion, free transport is worth its cost. Did anything happen?
The check, where the fault usually sits, and which end to repair.
Read the introduction and the conclusion, skipping everything else.
The conclusion should contain something the introduction could not have said.
Intro: it is worth its cost.
Conclusion: …though not where journeys are long.
Ten essays. Four arrive, and two of those look like they do not.
Sort each item into the correct category
Four essays. Name the paragraph and replace it.
1. Intro: fares block the lowest-paid from work. B1: a minimum-wage commuter spends a tenth of their pay travelling. B2: fares are a barrier for people on low incomes. Concl: fares block the lowest-paid.
Which paragraph stalled? Replacement:
2. Intro: tourism damages historic centres. B1: centre flats are let to visitors. B2: tourism causes real damage to these places. Concl: tourism damages historic centres.
Which paragraph stalled? Replacement:
3. Intro: homework harms young children. B1: an hour after a six-hour day leaves no afternoon. B2: homework is harmful for the young. Concl: homework harms young children.
Which paragraph stalled? Replacement:
4. Intro: employers should fund training. B1: replacing a trained worker costs six months of salary. B2: training is expensive for employers to provide. Concl: employers should fund training.
Which paragraph stalled? Replacement:
Write both ends, and name what the body would have to earn.
Prompt: should governments subsidise electric cars?
Box 1: an introduction ending in a position, and a conclusion that carries a qualification the introduction could not have stated. Box 2: one line — what would a body paragraph have to establish for that qualification to be earned?
Do not write the body.
Label each.
One line.
What can your conclusion say that your introduction could not?