
Central and East European Studies
7. Concluding lines
The closing paragraph of your essay should knit all the strands together so that a conclusion can be drawn. Sometimes a firm conclusion won't be appropriate or possible, but the reader needs to feel he or she has moved to the end of a journey.The closing line itself should reflect the essay title and have a good ring to it. Remember that last impressions count.
Essay question: Why was the New Economic Policy (NEP) adopted in 1921, but then abandoned only 7 years later in 1928?
The NEP was adopted to stimulate economic growth after 'war communism' had all but ruined Russia. As has been shown, the peasantry needed practical incentives to work to restore Russia's productivity, both agricultural and industrial. The NEP was abandoned for more complicated reasons, political as well as practical, and with Stalin's increasing impatience with anything that did not have instant results, the voices of those who advocated giving the NEP more than 7 years to prove itself were unlikely to be heard.
This ending reminds the reader of the journey the essay has taken and comes to a satisfactory conclusion.
Task | Task Type | Difficulty |
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Task 1 | Multiple choice | Moderate |
Task 2 | Multiple choice | More Challenging |
Task 3 | Multiple choice | Easier |
Task 4 | Multiple choice | Moderate |
Task 5 | Multiple choice | Moderate |