WRITING CONCLUSIONS
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WRITINGCONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONThe PURPOSE of CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS
BRING the ESSAY FULL CIRCLE
CONCLUSIONTHE PURPOSE of CONLCUDING PARAGRAPHS
• To stress the importance or relevance of your thesis
(SO WHAT?!)• To give the essay a sense of completeness or finality
• To leave the reader with a final impression:
*This is your last chance to convince or persuade the reader, so make the most of it!
CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS
• REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT:– repeat your purpose– repeat your thesis • moral, lessons• point, argument• Dominant Impression
– repeat your main ideas (support, proof)• examples, details, points, • arguments, traits
NOT WORD FOR WORD
CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS
• Discuss in full the lessons learned• Suggest larger implications of your findings• Suggest future papers or research• Refer back to the purpose and/or scenario mentioned in
your Introduction• Pose rhetorical questions• Offer a 3rd side to the issue
• End with a CLINCHER SENTENCE*
CONCLUSIONCLINCHER SENTENCE
• Just as you ended each Body paragraph with a concluding sentence that wrapped up that point/paragraph AND that segued into the next point, so too will you end the entire essay.
Thesis Statement : Topic Sentence :: Clincher Sentence : Paragraph Clincher Sentence
CONCLUSIONCLINCHER SENTENCE
• Clincher Sentences:– aphoristically summarize the main point – they signal that the essay is finished – they suggest future essay topics– they refer to your opening scenario (purpose)– they refer to your main point
CONCLUSIONCLINCHER SENTENCE
• Avoid the empty cliché.• Wrap it all up.• *Relate to your point* – For example, if you wrote a process paper on making
a PB&J sandwich, end by saying that you are now hungry for one.
– If you wrote about your favorite band, end by waiting impatiently for their next disc or their next concert.
– If you wrote that your car is a Junker, end optimistically by looking forward to the day when you can afford a new car or the car of your dreams.
Clincher Sentence:TAKE a BOW
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CONCLUSION• Refer to opening GENERALIZATION or SCENARIO• Repeat THESIS• Repeat MAIN IDEAS• End with CLINCHER SENTENCE
CONCLUSION Helpful Websites When Writing Conclusions
• http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/introcon.html
• http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/introconslu.html
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handoutsconclusions.html
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html
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