Writing a Conclusion

Which statement is true about an essay's conclusion?

• It should introduce new arguments

• It should summarize the main points

• It should present unrelated information

• It should add new evidence.

Which goal is associated with the conclusion of an essay?

• To introduce new topics

• To provide a final perspective

• To present new evidence

• To ignore the main points.

What should an effective conclusion provide to the essay?

• A sense of incompleteness

• A sense of confusion

• A sense of completeness and closure

• A sense of humor.

What is the purpose of restating the thesis in a conclusion?

• To introduce new ideas

• To remind the reader of the essay's purpose

• To confuse the reader

• To summarize unrelated topics.

What is the purpose of the 'Mirror Strategy' as described in the image?

• To write a new introduction

• To mirror the introduction in the conclusion

• To change the topic

• To ignore the introduction

What is the first sentence in the introduction?

• Hook

• Bait

• Thesis

• Restated Thesis

What is the last sentence in the introduction?

• Hook

• Bait

• Thesis

• Restated Thesis

What is the first sentence in the conclusion?

• Hook

• Bait

• Thesis

• Restated Thesis

After you restate the thesis, what do you need to do in order to complete your conclusion?

• Refer back to the hook or respond to the hook

• Close out the essay

• Give advice or a call to action

• Provide a moral to the essay (a lesson to be learned from it)

• Any of these answers will suffice

In the conclusion, what does "food for thought" mean?

• Making your brain eat.

• Something to seriously think about or consider.

• Thinking about food.

• Metacognition: awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.