Thank you. That makes some sense. My kids have been taught "AMAP," or Attention-getter, Motivator, Assertion, and Preview. That has some merit, in that it al

Thank you. That makes some sense. My kids have been taught "AMAP," or Attention-getter, Motivator, Assertion, and Preview. That has some merit, in that it allows you to appeal to the reader's curiosity, and develop interest in the topic before you spiral in to your thesis (the assertion and preview). I have to confess that when I write, by the time I get to the conclusion, I've usually run out of ways to restate what I've said twice already, so my essays usually end pretty weakly.