Introductions+and+Conclusions

Your introduction and conclusion are the most **powerful** parts of your essays and need to pack a **punch**.

They create first impressions;

help the marker to get a grip on what you're saying (**__never__** under-estimate the value of making it easy for the marker);

and the first and last things you say are what will stick in a reader's mind.

Structure of an INTRODUCTION...
Your thesis (do you agree of disagree with the question) Use words from the question and link to DISTINCTIVELY VISUAL Name the texts you will use and their composers One sentence on each of your topic sentences

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Structure of a CONCLUSION...
Your thesis (in slightly different words from in the intro) Restate texts and composers An evaluation of how effectively the composers have conveyed their ideas [your topic sentences] using Distinctively Visual techniques.

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Your introduction and conclusion should be the VERY LAST THINGS you edit. So that you

= KNOW =

they match up with your topic sentences.