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Question: Is it sometimes better to take a risk, than to follow a safe

course of action?

• If it were not for such courageous pioneers as the
  Wright Brothers and Neil Armstrong, humans might
  still be land bound. These aviators did not follow the
  safe path, but let their imaginations soar and took the
  ultimate risk. Without the capacity to challenge fear
  and take a risk, human beings would not be nearly as
  high on the evolutionary ladder.

Relist of Examples

Restate Thesis

Final Thought

Note: Order doesn’t matter. You can start with a Final Thought and end with your

Thesis or vice versa. Just try to have all the elements somewhere in your conclusion!

Introduction:

• Hook


• Thesis


• Explanation of Thesis


• List of Examples

Body Paragraphs:

• Transition


• Detail your Example


• Thesis Connection

Conclusion:

• Restate Thesis


• Relist Examples


• Final Thought

Here is the Essay Formula in skeletal form: