Editing for the special paragraphs, i.e. opening and closing ones.

1. Special Paragraphs
Class 7

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Most Important Ps
Opening Paragraph
Closing Paragraph

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Opening Ps: Objectives
 Reader’s attention and interest
 Main idea
 Signal about the direction
 Tone of the essay
 Hook

4. A model paragraph
"Working part-time as a cashier at the Piggly Wiggly has given me
a great opportunity to observe human behavior. Sometimes I think
of the shoppers as white rats in a lab experiment, and the aisles as
a maze designed by a psychologist. Most of the rats—customers, I
mean—follow a routine pattern, strolling up and down the aisles,
checking through my chute, and then escaping through the exit
hatch. But not everyone is so dependable. In this paper I am going
to argue that there are three distinct types of abnormal customer:
the amnesiac, the super shopper, and the dawdler."
("Shopping at the Pig")
https://www.thoughtco.com/introductory-paragraph-essays-and-
reports-1691081
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Strategies
Commitment
Introduction to the topic.
Announcement of Intention
Key Facts
 Hook: a quotation etc.

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Closing Ps: Objectives
 Impression:
–no loose ends
–no unanswered questions
 Winding up a subject without
lapsing into clichés

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Strategies
 Linking words
 Summarize the Main Points
 Link the End to the Beginning
 Make a Recommendation

8. Linking words
 as can be seen
 in the final analysis
 all things considered
 as shown above
 after all
 in summary
 in conclusion
 in short
 in brief
 in essence
 to summarize
 by and large
 to sum up
 on the whole
 all in all
 Thence, Thus,
Therefore
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Home assignment
 Revise the Opening
and Closing
Paragraphs of your
paper
 Comment
 Read