Paragraph 5 – Final Paragraph

This final paragraph of the 5-paragraph analysis is meant to tie it all together and provide an answer on the specific issue that was being analyzed with these paragraphs. Thinking about the precedent cases that you read, it is often best to compare and contrast using these cases again, much like how it was done in paragraph 3. It may feel repetitive but it is necessary to bring the reader’s understanding up to speed with your ultimate conclusion. Consider that paragraph 4 explained the opposite of what your ultimate conclusion will be. Thus, we will need to remind the reader that those were only possible viewpoints, not the viewpoint you deem to be proper. The “proper” viewpoint (according to your research) was indicated in paragraph 3 already, and getting back to that here will help avoid any confusion. You may want to use a different reason from the one used in paragraph 3 to support the analogy or distinction. For example, if you had more than one reason to support your analogy to Red v. Blue in paragraph 3, you may want to remove one of those reasons from paragraph 3 and use it instead in paragraph 5. This will help it sound less repetitive. Regardless, when repetition cannot be avoided, it is okay to repeat the reason in paragraph 5.

It is important for the final sentence in this paragraph to be conclusive and clear. It is often written using a transition like “therefore” before the final sentence. For example, it may look like this: Therefore, since there was a quid pro quo defined with our client’s contract, consideration will likely be found.

For more information about paragraph 5, see video below.