A concluding sentence is the last sentence of a paragraph. Its job is to say what the paragraph proved, in your own words, so the reader is left with the point rather than the last detail. Every paragraph has three parts: The concluding sentence is the one most students skip, and it is the one … Read more
Most lists of sentence starters are one long jumble. That is why students pick the wrong one and end up writing “In conclusion” in the middle of a paragraph. These are sorted by what the sentence needs to do. Find the job first, then pick the starter. 1. Stating your opinion Use one of these … Read more
Most writing advice for adults is either a creative writing course you do not have time for, or a list of prompts that produce pages nobody reads. These twelve are different. Each one targets one specific weakness, takes about ten minutes, and produces something you can measure. Pick the exercise that matches the problem you … Read more