For the introduction, I usually start out with a social issue that relates to my argument so that the reader can apply my paper to a real life situation. Then I bring in my thesis statement at the end. For the conclusion, I restate the thesis in a new way that does not present new information but is refined in a substantial way. And then I briefly state my points from the argument and why the argument is relevant in our society and end it on a profound note. The piece of writing that I have chosen is a New York Times article called “Sierra Leone Declared Free of Ebola Transmissions” by Dionne Secrecy and Sheri Fink. The introduction was very effective because while it was short, it pulled you right in to the article. The conclusion was also effective because it makes you think at the end about the future steps.

In the introduction, sentence is worded like it would in a news station. It immediately went straight to the point with announcing the end Ebola transmissions in Senegal and made the scenery sound very hopeful and ecstatic. Even though it is one sentence, it was effective because it pulls in the reader right away which is an important quality to have in a news article because you want to be able to catch the attention of the reader right away. What made this introduction particularly strong was the building up to the point, the colon, and then the actual topic of the article. It makes the introduction stronger because of the climax that it builds in just half a sentence.

In the conclusion, the author mentions an opposing argument to what was said earlier and then poses a new issue that needs to addressed next. Although it did not restate the main argument of the article, it was good in that it poses a new question to consider for the future. Although since it is a new article, most of average Americans would not reach to the end, so I looked at some of the previous paragraphs, and the paragraphs do a better job of summarizing the argument the real conclusion. Overall it was a compelling conclusion.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/world/africa/sierra-leone-declared-free-of-ebola-transmissions.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront