CONCLUSIONS: Good and Bad
CONCLUSIONS: Good and Bad
“The perfect ending should take the reader slightly by surprise and yet seem exactly right to him.”
- Zinsser, William. On Writing Well
A GOOD Conclusion will:
1) Summarize main points clearly and concisely for your reader.
2) Restate your main idea
3) Leave the reader with a strong impression
-A visual image to remember
-Be sure your writing will keep coming back to “haunt” the reader
well after he/she has finished reading.
- A bold statement
4) Recommend a course of action
-What should readers think/do if they agree with you?
-Tell them what to do in no uncertain terms.
5) Bring your main idea to life
-Quote someone famous/not famous
-Ask a thought provoking question
-Make a statement that will leave readers with something to think about.
Writing Conclusions
What does each conclusion need to have?
1. An effective lead-in
2. Restated thesis statement
3. Restate each main idea
Useful Lead-Ins for Writing Straight Forward Conclusions:
Here are some useful lead-ins:
It is clear that
Certainly,
Clearly,
Without a doubt,
Most would agree that
Indeed,
Surely,
Unquestionably,
Obviously,
In the end,
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