Concluding your Answer

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Concluding your Answer
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New Ideas

• The purpose of the conclusion is not simply to
  summarise the points already made
• The conclusion should cover new ground

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Full Circle

• In the final paragraph/paragraphs take the reader
  back to the question or task, giving a sense of
  finality

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Evaluate

• One way in which you can do this is by
  demonstrating your ability to evaluate

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Evaluation

• For the task
• How do James, Stoker and Shelley create a sense
  of horror? Which text is the most powerful for a
  modern reader?
• You would need to judge the power of the texts
  you had written about

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Synthesise

• This would be effective because
• It requires you to pick out the best points you
  have made already and present them in a different
  way (synthesise).
• It allows you to talk about context and make
  cross references

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Context

• Context is the world in which the text was
  created and first read
• For instance Draculas audience were afraid of
  foreign influences changing English society
• This is one aspect of Draculas context

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Cross Referencing

• Cross referencing is where you alternate between
  texts in making your points
• E.g.. The original readers of Dracula lived in
  fear of premature burial, which is why the idea
  of living creatures inside coffins and graves was
  so disturbing. Equally, the readers of Mary
  Shelleys novel dreaded the advances in science
  that Frankenstein takes to such an extreme.

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Plan for Conclusion

• A plan for your final paragraph could look like
  this
• Exploration of the most menacing aspect for the
  original readers of each text
• An exploration of whether these fears/concerns
  are still relevant
• Arguing for your choice for the passage that is
  the most disturbing today

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Big Ideas

• Quotations may be less important here than in
  earlier paragraphs focus on the overall impact
  of the passages.

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Judge

• Keep using the language of evaluation.
• Analyse, argue and explore your subject matter

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Think Beyond the Text

• Refer to other books, films, music or ideas when
  making your points.
• Dont be afraid to tackle the question in this
  part of your essay.
• E.g.. Perhaps the question is not Which passage
  is more menacing to the modern reader? but more,
  Are any of these passages menacing to the modern
  reader?