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Introduction and Objective
Did you know some television news stories being read last just seconds? Even full stories with a reporter in the field last just minutes. Would you be able to summarize and get your point across in just seconds? That’s sort of what it’s like with the conclusion to a paper – that last push to make an impact on the reader.

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Today's lesson objective is: Students will write a concluding section that follows from the information or explanation presented.

How do you normally wrap things up when writing? Some things to think about when preparing to write a conclusion deal directly …show more content…

What must be mentioned? What could be left out and not leave a hole in the information?

A summary could be about a paragraph, paper, television show, or movie. No matter what it’s about, a summary should include the main idea and key points. There is no new information added and no personal opinions. Mortni, Donzo. Ereadingworksheets. Accessed August 4, 2015. www.ereadingworksheets.com

Main idea: downfall of trolleys as the main public transportation
Supporting details: 1) General Motors created group to lobby for laws and regulations that made things difficult for the trolley companies. 2) General Motors was backed by tire and oil companies in order to make fake companies that bought and took apart the trolley car system.

To summarize the full passage, we need to pull the main idea and key points together from the information above. There is no need to name all the companies. We can call them companies tied to the auto industry. There also is no need to list everything they did. We can say they worked to take down the trolley system to replace it with the transportation we know

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