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Discussion Question 1 • Review the sections on introductions and conclusions in the reading Drafting Your Research Paper on the student Web site. • Answer the following: o What type of introduction and what type of conclusion do you plan to write for your research paper' • How does the introduction draw readers into your argument, and how does the conclusion effectively summarize your paper' Explain your answers. Writing an effective introduction to the sometimes dry subject matter of a research paper requires interesting, engaging language including a hook to draw the reader into the more serious material of the paper. To achieve this aim, I plan on employing a vividly worded introduction including a metaphor. These types of introduction, which will be strongly stated yet use minimal details, will provide a compelling reason for the reader to follow through and read the entire paper intently. Specifically, the use of vivid, dramatic phrasing will help reinforce the strength of evidence that I’m going to present to support my argument. The metaphor will serve the specific, dual purposes of piquing the reader's interest in the relation of the metaphor to the subject as well as making the scientific subject matter easier to relate to. In order to make the conclusion satisfying and as engaging as the introduction, it is important to summarize the findings of my paper in a novel way, and strongly reassert my findings. Therefore, the conclusion of my paper will follow a simple plan; it will restate the answer to my argument, and also provide the reader with a thoughtful response that will provoke them to give the topic further consideration. Specifically, I will reiterate the primary arguments and make note of the overwhelming, concurring research which supports them. I will then use a rhetorical device, namely, suggesting that the actual question to consider is how these elements interact. This technique will subtly confirm my argument has been proved by leading the audience to consider the question which follows from accepting my determination.