Ben Dottinger 3/9/17

With today's class, we wrapped up the final leg of our essay-drafting peregrination with a short lesson about our conclusion paragraphs and what they should look like. Mr. Rivers instructed us to take our past transitional phrases we used (e.g. in conclusion, to sum it up, at the end of the smoking gun, etc.) and host a metaphorical funeral for the impending consignment to oblivion of such phrases; we are never to use them again. We also learned about what a conclusion paragraph should include within its hallowed sentences. The main thing we should be doing in our conclusions is to look backward at the analysis we have provided and used to support our evidence and claim, and to look forwards at the results of our argument, whether positive or negative outcomes. In our conclusion we should mainly be focused on context, characters, and content in our essay, whether those characters be important authors, directors, researchers, or the likes. We were then turned loose to work on our best drafts ever wherever we saw fit. Tonight at 11:59 our drafts are due. Good luck to everyone who spent a good deal of their time in 'Procrasti-Nation’ (seen below)!