The conclusion is the last paragraph of an essay. Although often brief in
comparison with the other paragraphs, the conclusion performs a number of very signifcant functions. Restate your thesis Introuction!s thesis" Toay I will show how accurate the novel!s character, setting, an plot matche the actual facts of the #copes Trial. Conclusion!s thesis" Toay you learne how accurate $on%ey Town!s character, setting, an plot matche the actual facts of the #copes Trial. #ummari&e the purpose of the essay Introuction!s summary" 'ayton, Tennessee was a (uiet, conservative, an religious small town. Insie the local rugstore, owner )re Robinson rea a newspaper avertisement from the American Civil *iberties +nion ,AC*+- re(uesting a Tennessee teacher amit that he or she taught evolution, which was against the law in Tennessee at the time, so that the AC*+ coul efen him or her in a trial an hopefully get the law revo%e. #ince 'ayton coul use a tourism boost, the town fathers! as%e local teacher .ohn #copes to answer the a. /The rest,0 they say, /is history.0 Conclusion!s summary" 'ayton, Tennessee may have been a (uiet community before this trial, but uring the summer of 1234, the entire worl listene as a young teacher efene teaching of evolution. Revisit your attention getter )inish your story o Introuction!s story" It was the summer of 1234 an school was 5ust release for 14 year ol )rances Robinson. )rances was hoping to see her crush, the young teacher .ohn #copes, aroun her father!s rug store. 6owever something was going to be occupying .ohn!s time that summer7 he was on trial. o Conclusion!s story" In the en, )rances!s crush woul say goo8bye an leave Tennessee, but she never forgot that summer, an neither woul we. Restate the (uote o Introuction!s (uote" /We9re in a revolution 5ust over evolution. The battle of ages is on. #ome scientists have claime We9re human 5ust by name, That mon%eys an men are the same. :ut 'arwin9s theory oesn9t soun goo to me. I might have mon%ey manners :ut with him I can9t agree. ;ou can!t ma%e a mon%ey out of me.0 These are lyrics from :illy Rose about the 1234 #copes Trial over evolution. o Conclusions quote: <erhaps the song was correct that /We!re in a revolution 5ust over evolution. The battle of ages is on.0 It!s a battle that still goes on toay, but we have learne so much since the #copes Trial. Answer the rhetorical (uestion or as% another one o Introuction!s (uestion" 'o you believe we have evolve from mon%eys= o Conclusion!s (uestion" In 1234 you may not have believe we evolve from mon%eys, but toay, we have the #copes Trial to than% for starting our eucation of evolution. Revisit the statistic o Introuction!s statistic" In a recent survey from the <:# website, 32> of people believe evolution shoul be remove from state science stanars, but in 'ayton, Tennessee uring 1234 that statistic woul be rastically greater. o Conclusion!s statistic" Toay, ?@> of people surveye by <:# believe evolution shoul remain in science stanars. The /mon%ey trial0 mae a iAerence. Example: Toay you learne how accurate $on%ey Town!s character, setting, an plot matche the actual facts of the #copes Trial. 'ayton, Tennessee may have been a (uiet community before this trial, but uring the summer of 1234, the entire worl listene as a young teacher efene teaching of evolution. Toay, ?@> of people surveye by <:# believe evolution shoul remain in science stanars. The /mon%ey trial0 mae a iAerence. RESTATE THESIS REVIEW YOUR SUMMARY REVISIT YOUR ATTENTION GETTER