Introduction to TAC Conclusion

1. Conclusions
How do I end it?

2. Concluding Using TAC
• Used for expository and persuasive
paper
• Insures satisfying ending for reader

3. What is TAC
• Your concluding paragraph
• It includes:
• T = restating your topic
sentence
• A = revisiting your attention
grabbing sentence
• C = adding a clincher

4. T= Restate topic sentence
• Remind the reader again what you have
been writing about.
• Make sure you write it in a different
way (The reader shouldn’t have to read
the same sentence again.----Boring)

5. A= Revisit Attention Grabber
• You started with it now you have to
readdress it.
• This wraps up your piece completely.

6. C= Add a Clincher
• This is something new and interesting
about your topic
• You want to leave the reader with
something to remember or think about

7. TAC in Action
Here’s an introduction:
Americans are hooked on swordfish! But last month 27 top restaurant
chefs took them off the menu. Why you ask? The number of swordfish is
shrinking fast, and chefs want to save the tasty fish. During the 1960s,
fishermen switched from using harpoons to using long lines with
hundreds of hooks. Result: many more small swordfish are caught. The
small fish never get a chance to grow and produce more fish.
Now let’s TAC it up
T= You can see why swordfish are coming off the menu. (Restated the main
idea)
A= Americans will continue to eat swordfish, but maybe just not as often
so that the fish have time to grow and reproduce. (Readdressed the attention
grabber.)
C= If we don’t help out the swordfish now, what will future generations
have to enjoy? (Something new for the reader to think about.)

8. All Together Now
Americans are hooked on swordfish! But last month 27 top restaurant
chefs took them off the menu. Why you ask? The number of swordfish is
shrinking fast, and chefs want to save the tasty fish. During the 1960s,
fishermen switched from using harpoons to using long lines with
hundreds of hooks. Result: many more small swordfish are caught. The
small fish never get a chance to grow and produce more fish.
You can see why swordfish are coming off the menu. Americans will
continue to eat swordfish, but maybe just not as often so that the fish
have time to grow and reproduce. If we don’t help out the swordfish now,
what will future generations have to enjoy?