IXL | Choose the best concluding sentence

Read the paragraph. Then, add the better concluding sentence.

Tap dancing and clogging are two different styles of dance that have a lot in common. In both dance styles, dancers wear shoes with metal plates on the bottom. They tap their feet in certain rhythms to make different sound patterns. Cloggers and tap dancers both dance in groups or solo. Both forms of dance started in Europe, but they came to the United States in different ways. Clogging became a folk dance in the Appalachian Mountains. Tap dancing, meanwhile, was brought to New York City. It became quite popular in the 1900s thanks to show business.

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These two styles of dances developed differently, but they are alike in many ways.

Tap dancing and clogging are two different types of American folk dances.

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Read the paragraph. Then, add the better concluding sentence.

Puffins are unusual northern seabirds that look like small penguins with colorful beaks. Even though puffins look like penguins, puffins are actually quite different. For example, while penguins are flightless birds, puffins can fly up to fifty-five miles an hour. Puffins also have special beaks with spines inside. These spines help them catch fish. A puffin can "hang" fish on these spines while continuing to catch more. In this way, a puffin can hold up to sixty fish in its beak at once.

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So, puffins are birds that live in places with cold water, like Canada.

So, puffins may look similar to penguins, but they are their own kind of bird.

key idea

Many paragraphs end with a concluding sentence. A concluding sentence often restates the paragraph's topic sentence. It lets readers know that they have reached the end of the paragraph.

For example, maybe your paragraph's topic sentence is Whales use the fat on their bodies to stay warm. Here is an example of a good concluding sentence:

green checkmark, Thanks to the fat on their bodies, whales can avoid freezing in very cold water.

Your concluding sentence should not use too many of the same words as the topic sentence. Make sure that you are describing the topic in a different way.

solution

The paragraph compares puffins to penguins and shows their differences. This is the better concluding sentence:

green checkmark, So, puffins may look similar to penguins, but they are their own kind of bird.

This sentence adds a new detail:

red X symbol, So, puffins are birds that live in places with cold water, like Canada.

The concluding sentence should end the paragraph, not introduce a new detail.

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