Transcript Conclusion PowerPoint - Fort Bend ISD / Homepage

Writing
Your
Conclusion
What To Do
• Stress the importance
of the thesis
• Create a sense of
completeness
• Leave a final, strong
impression on the
reader
Strategies for Effective
Conclusions
• Make a useful analogy or comparison
• Suggest specific actions that the
reader should take in light of the
information you've provided.
• Speculate about what your thesis
implies for the future.
• Make a brief remark that sums up
your feelings (no 1st person).
Strategies for Effective
Conclusions
• Ask a provocative question.
• Use a quotation.
• Evoke a vivid image.
• End with a warning.
Strategies for Effective
Conclusions
• Universalize (compare to other
situations).
• Suggest results or
consequences.
• Try to refer to the introductory
paragraph, either with key
words or parallel concepts and
images.
What Not To Do
• Don’t just summarize.
• Avoid beginning “In
conclusion…”
• Stating the obvious or
using clichés.
• Just repeating the
thesis over again.
Helpful
Websites/Bibliography
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadw
rite/conclude.html
• web/conclude.html
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb
/hand