11. Conclusion

Sometimes people confuse summary with the conclusion or take the two as one. All the same, the two have to do with bringing the whole write up to a logical end. Summary highlights the key points already mentioned while conclusion finally ends the essay.

In debate, students re-state the side of eth argument they wrote on by emphasizing on it. In letter (informal), exchange of pleasantries or greeting is required. In other type of essays, the conclusion has to be based on the instruction of the question(s) given.

PARAGRAPH AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Every essay requires to be written in paragraphs that are well linked. Paragraph is a group of words written into sentences that explain an idea or ideas. One line sentence may not be enough to explain a thing, so additional sentences may be require to clarify that idea better. This tells us that every paragraph carries one or more key point or theme.

Key points may be written anywhere within the paragraph but two prominent places, they may be found are at the first line-sentence and or at the last line sentence. When it is the first line sentence, it is called deductive method of paragraphing. When it is at the last line, it is called inductive method.

We have seen earlier that essay is made up of four parts; all those parts call for different paragraphs – apriori, introduction, body and conclusion. Within these, we can still have different issues like: illustrative, descriptive, explanatory comparative/contrastive, etc. paragraphs. It should be pointed out now that paragraph is one of the yardsticks to awarding mark in essay under organization.