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Unit 4: Introductions, Conclusions, and Thesis Statements

Rhetorical Situation: Reading

Explain what an argument's introduction and conclusion do for its audience, from the opening's hook and thesis placement to the ending's final move.

Topic 4.1 · 18 min read

This lesson comes with the AP English Language and Composition plan

In this lesson

  1. 01The situation an opening and an ending answer to
  2. 02What an introduction gives its readers
  3. 03How a conclusion ends an argument
  4. 04Reading the two ends together
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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