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Unit 4: Introductions, Conclusions, and Thesis Statements

Rhetorical Situation: Writing

Write introductions and conclusions that fit your reader and purpose, for timed AP essays and for draft questions about how a passage should open or end.

Topic 4.2 · 13 min read

This lesson comes with the AP English Language and Composition plan

In this lesson

  1. 01Choosing an opening from your reader's position
  2. 02The introduction of an AP essay
  3. 03Writing a conclusion that finishes the argument
  4. 04Revising openings and closings in a draft
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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