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Conclusion Paragraph — Narrative Essay

You’ve just taken your reader on a journey through a personal experience, and now you’re at the end of the line. Your last paragraph must leave a strong impression upon your reader.

SIX Requirements for your conclusion paragraph:

1. Include a “concluding/summary” transition (hint: orange sheet, column 4) somewhere in the paragraph. NOTE: It doesn’t necessarily have to be the first word in the paragraph.

2. Wrap up your story. Explain how all the conflicts were resolved, or why they weren’t.

3. Reflect upon your experience. Why is that experience so significant to you? Describe how you’ve grown as a person since then.

4. Include an “as a result” transition (hint: orange sheet, column 7) to lead into the idea that you learned a lesson from your experience.

5. Share the lesson you learned. Do this without cheese and

corn. What I mean is, do your best to not make the ending

sound cheesy or corny.

6. End with a memorable line that matches the tone of the rest of

the essay.

My conclusion paragraph for the “Barbie Massacre” essay:

Kara, in the end, found herself in no more trouble than she usually did after torturing me. While my sister worked to begrudgingly clean up the remnants of my dolls, I do not recall her getting more than a weak tongue-lashing from my mom. By the time my dad got home that afternoon, the incident was forgotten like the lonely socks behind the dryer. For them, that is. I still remember picking up the remains of golden hair and tiny shoes my careless sister still left on the floor. With only one sibling—and a cruel one at that—coupled with being a shy, awkward kid new to the neighborhood, I had few friends. My Barbies delivered escape from loneliness, and her reckless destruction of them was symbolic of how she’s treated me my entire life. As a result of the Barbie massacre (along with other traumatic crimes against me), I’ve learned that you cannot allow others to treat you so poorly. At six, I did not understand this, but now I do. Having children has helped heal my childhood wounds, however. Now, when my daughter pleads with me to play Barbies, I race her up the stairs to her room, eager to comb their long blonde hair.

WHAT NEEDS WORK?

Student example:

Then, Leah blamed me for hitting her in the head with the aluminum bat. Can you believe that? Then she went on to say that I didn't tell her to back up - as though I can't remember what I said -- especially those moments hard to forget! The whole time after the incident I hadn't felt any guilt whatsoever until the morning after the incident when I woke up and saw the scar on Leah's swollen forehead, she looked like a cross-eyed unicorn that had just been dehorned. She felt horrible so I had to feel bad. I just wanted to tell her to suck it up and move on but I knew the pain must have been insane. Then I realized a few weeks later that she never, nada, not once said sorry to me for standing in the way of my perfect hit.

WHAT’S MISSING?

I am trying to teach my son not to be a Barbie scalper.

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