After reviewing vocab for our brief vocab quiz tomorrow, we reviewed your introductions for hooks, diction, and thesis statements. Whether it is an analogy, an anecdote, or some show of mature diction, you want to engage your audience from the opening sentence. A strong hook aids not only in the start of the essay but also the end of the essay. A conclusion is a reference to the essay, but it should not be a regurgitation of everything that came before. If you have an analogy for a hook (the brick by brick analogy courtesy of Jenna), then your conclusion can return to this analogy and finalize its meaning. If you have an anecdote or partial story for a hook (the boxing ring courtesy of Logan), end the story in the conclusion. As noted in class, do not worry about sentence count in your conclusion - or for in any paragraph for that matter. You want quality sentences that fully explain your point or tie the essay together.
The hard copy final draft of the descriptive essay has a deadline of Friday at 3:30 p.m. If absent all day, you will share/e-mail the draft and then bring a hard copy on the next class day. If present at any point on Friday, the deadline remains the same.
For our last twenty minutes, we spent time with nouns, verbs, and pronouns. We will finish up with adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions tomorrow.
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