Concluding Paragraphs

Concluding Paragraphs

Want to learn how to write a great concluding paragraph? A paragraph that wraps up your argument or urges your audience to take action? There are four elements you can incorporate to take your conclusion from simple to stellar!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an element of a great conclusion?

• Summary of the essay overall

• A compelling image

• Another point in your line of reasoning

• Statements that make your argument more significant

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To bring your writing to a close, you might want to restate or revisit your thesis, as well as the key points in your line of reasoning. This can be done in 1-3 sentences and is called...

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If you add 1-2 descriptive sentences to your conclusion (probably using some adjectives or words that appeal to the senses), you are creating a...

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In your introductory paragraph, you compared the United States to a 'sitting duck.' Now you're writing your conclusion -- and you use the phrase 'sitting duck' again. This is how you

your introduction.

Multiple Select

Read the last paragraph of "The Declaration of Independence" 🙃

Does this conclusion...

• Summarize the points of the overall text?

• Recall the introduction?

• Use a compelling image?

Multiple Select

Read paragraphs 20-22 of "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" 😊

Does this conclusion...

• Summarize the points of the overall text?

• Recall the introduction?

• Use a compelling image?

Poll

Although viewers always expected Ross and Rachel to reunite at the end of the series, the fact remains that Ross didn't deserve Rachel as a partner. As we saw in the beginning of the series, Ross was unfaithful to Rachel when they had been dating for over a year, and he didn't want to admit his wrongdoing when they tried to get back together after their initial breakup.

• Yes, this conclusion has larger significance!

• No, this conclusion does not have larger significance.

• This could apply to a broad context...maybe.

Multiple Choice

Although viewers always expected Ross and Rachel to reunite at the end of the series, the fact remains that Ross didn't deserve Rachel as a partner. Ross had a terrible reaction when Rachel told Ross she was pregnant after Monica and Chandler's wedding, making him an undesirable romantic partner. This conclusion is especially apparent after viewing the show more than 10 years after the final episode aired and having a collectively better understanding of women's rights and domestic abuse in relationships.

• This conclusion makes a connection to the broad context of weddings.

• This conclusion makes a connection to the broad context of women's rights and domestic abuse.

• This conclusion makes a connection to television shows from the 90's.

Multiple Select

Read paragraphs 31-35 of "First Lady Hillary Clinton's Address to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women" 😁

Does this conclusion...

• Summarize the points of the overall text?

• Recall the introduction?

• Use a compelling image?

• Have larger significance?

Poll

Did we achieve our objectives??? 😬

• Yes! I know all the elements of a great conclusion and I was able to identify them in our texts.

• I kind of understand. Not sure if I can identify a great conclusion by myself.

• I don't get this at all. The elements of a great conclusion don't make sense to me and I didn't see those elements in today's texts.