1. Conclusions- ending with a final thought End with a “sound effect”- parallel structure, rhyme, repetition, alliteration, etc. – Happy shopping… and more importantly, happy reading – Pugs are a wonderful breed, but owners need to be fully aware of the wonderful and not-so-wonderful traits when they hug a pug. End with advice or instructions. – So what are you doing still reading this? Grab a pen, a copy of this piece, and some paper and start writing the next pop hit! – Most importantly, remember that person who meet in life has a backstory, so get to know them besides ignore them. You may just make a new friend.

2. Conclusions End with a reflection – Diego Rivera became a famous artist. His paintings made people proud to be Mexican. They still do. – He was limited in ways that are important to all human beings, but he found a way to live, working with horses. He took care of himself. He saw the world. He died with his family around him, the only people who knew both the old and new Phineas. And he drove a six-horse stagecoach. I bet Phineas Gage drove fast.

3. Conclusions End with a quote or image to leave your reader thinking. – As part of the commemoration at Ground Zero, the names of 2,801 victims of the three attacks were read aloud. It took nearly three hours to read the names of all the people who died. – The struggle was far from over. More strikes, more bloodshed, and more deaths were in the future for good girls who worked. Maragret Hunchy was ready for the fight. Use me in any way you can for the good of the cause, she told Leonora O’Reilly of the Women’s Trade Union League. I am yours until the end.

4. Student models Finally, more than the other senses, friendship is an experience of the heart. It is the language of the heart—a language without words, vowels, or consonants; a language that, whether seen, felt, heard, or tasted, is understood by the heart. Like air fills the lungs, friendship fills the heart, allowing us to experience the best life has to offer: a friend.

5. Student models Finding solutions to this problem is difficult. In our school’s math classes, each student has different problems on their test papers, so it is useless to look at someone else’s answers. Teachers could also randomly mix the problems throughout the page. Another solution is for adults to lower their expectations. Chances are that students believe cheating is the only way to meet unreasonably high expectations. Perhaps it is time for parents and teachers to seriously examine whether higher test results are important enough to encourage cheating.

6. Student models He would never tell us, but I know he was proud of all his nine grandkids. We ranged in age from 1-12 when he died last summer of a severe stroke. When I remember Paw Paw now, I think of the pictures on Grandmother’s cabinet—pictures of me and Paw Paw when I was two years old and the only grandchild. In one picture, we’re lying on the bed, me in my flowered pajamas, him in his usual outfit. I had my bottle in one hand, the Sunday comics in the other (upside down!). He was reading the comics to me so we could laugh together. I will remember that for the rest of my life, and I will remember that he always loved me.