ConclusionsHow do I end it?

Concluding Using TAC

• Used for expository and persuasive paper

• Insures satisfying ending for reader

What is TAC• Your concluding paragraph

• It includes:

• T = restating your topic sentence

• A = revisiting your attention grabbing sentence

• C = adding a clincher

T= Restate topic sentence

• Remind the reader again what you have been writing about.

• Make sure you write it in a different way (The reader shouldn’t have to read the same sentence again.----Boring)

A= Revisit Attention Grabber

• You started with it now you have to readdress it.

• This wraps up your piece completely.

C= Add a Clincher

• This is something new and interesting about your topic

• You want to leave the reader with something to remember or think about

TAC in ActionHere’s an introduction:

Americans are hooked on swordfish! But last month 27 top restaurant chefs took them off the menu. Why you ask? The number of swordfish is shrinking fast, and chefs want to save the tasty fish. During the 1960s, fishermen switched from using harpoons to using long lines with hundreds of hooks. Result: many more small swordfish are caught. The small fish never get a chance to grow and produce more fish.

Now let’s TAC it up

T= You can see why swordfish are coming off the menu. (Restated the main

idea)

A= Americans will continue to eat swordfish, but maybe just not as often so that the fish have time to grow and reproduce. (Readdressed the attention

grabber.)

C= If we don’t help out the swordfish now, what will future generations have to enjoy? (Something new for the reader to think about.)

All Together Now

Americans are hooked on swordfish! But last month 27 top restaurant chefs took them off the menu. Why you ask? The number of swordfish is shrinking fast, and chefs want to save the tasty fish. During the 1960s, fishermen switched from using harpoons to using long lines with hundreds of hooks. Result: many more small swordfish are caught. The small fish never get a chance to grow and produce more fish.

You can see why swordfish are coming off the menu. Americans will continue to eat swordfish, but maybe just not as often so that the fish have time to grow and reproduce. If we don’t help out the swordfish now, what will future generations have to enjoy?