Conclusion ideas and rules

Conclusions

Various ways to end an essay:

• Summarize your ideas
• Issue a call to action--encourage the reader to believe and act on your opinion
• Make a prediction
• Conclude with a story that briefly gives an example of your opinion

Things to avoid in concluding:

• Do not introduce new ideas
• Do not restate your thesis in the exact same way
• Do not write "In conclusion"
• Do not tell the reader waht you've told them--"I have proven"

Here are some links to help you

• http://home.earthlink.net/~khatzi/essay/concl.htm
• http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/writectr/Resources/paragraphs.htm
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html