Piece It Out (4 of 4)

Drafting Phase I – Laying out the pieces (Conclusion: echo, summary, clincher)

Click on the descriptions in the Sentences column to see an explanation of the information that belongs in the table and to see an example of how to construct the sentence..

(Note: Only one Support and one Evidence/Commentary section is completed in the chart below. Your completed Drafting Table, which will be turned in with your presentation, must have all 3 support sections completed with 2 or 3 evidence-commentary rows completed for each support.)

Paragraph	Part	Sentences (Write a complete sentence for each essay part)	Types of Evidence	Source: (author’s last name page #)
Conclusion: [Follow up question]	Thesis Echo	Description: This sentence restates the thesis in different words. Example: The memento mori of Hamlet explores the problem of obsession with death; for when one is consumed with memento mori, as Hamlet is, it is difficult to live and act in the present.	---	---
	Summary of Support	Description: This statement reviews the support ideas. Example: The remembrance of mortality resounds in Hamlet as young and old, men and women, king and commoner succumb to death by various means. Symbols of death like the skull of Yorrick and Ophelia’s rosemary reinforce the obsession with death that holds the Prince in its grasp.
	Recommendations Predictions Evaluations	Description: This statement recommends, predicts, or evaluates the topic. Example: Viewing Hamlet as a memento mori offers the audience a reminder that life should not be spent in the shadow of the grave as Hamlet’s life was spent.
	Clincher	Description: This is the last sentence; it should be short and memorable. Example: Memento mori paralyzed and inspired Hamlet's tragedy.

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