1. How to Conclude Your Essay Modified by Pamela Fox
Closure is important.

2. Conclusions & Closers
Some guiding principles for strong and effective conclusions are as follows:
-- Focus on your main points
and thesis statement.
---Do not introduce new ideas.
---Include a memorable example that illustrates your main points.

3. Here are Five ways to Wow the reader with your conclusion!
Restating the Thesis
Coming Full Circle
The Best for Last Ending
The Quote/Anecdote
Looking to the Future

4. Restating the Thesis… Original Thesis: Every child should have a pet
because pets provide companionship, teach compassion, and encourage responsibility.
Rephrase the thesis. Saying it in a
different way keeps the essay fresh.
Rephrased Thesis: Companionship, compassion, and responsibility are three things that we
can give to our children in the form of a warm,
cuddly, and furry friend.

5. Coming Full Circle…
Finishing an essay where it began is an excellent method to bring the essay to a smooth finish. Revisiting the attention-getter used to introduce the essay gives the reader the satisfying feeling of having come full circle.

6. The Best for Last Ending…
It’s always a good idea to present an essay’s strongest point last. This is particularly useful for shorter essays as it provides the dramatic or emotional impact needed for a good conclusion. An anecdote is another strategy.

7. The Quote…
Why say it when someone else has, especially when the author is an expert on your topic? This strategy can legitimize the essay’s theme by showing somebody else corroborates the thesis. (Make sure you use an in-text citation when you quote someone else.) Use quotes only when the language is unique.

8. Looking to the Future
State what might happen in the future about your issue.
Leave the reader thinking about your facts and
information you presented and the implications.

9. Conclusions & Closers
Regardless of which strategy is used, all great essay endings have impact and are fresh and memorable for the reader. .

10. To Recap Restating the Thesis Coming Full Circle
The Best for Last Ending
The Quote/Anecdote
Looking to the Future

11. Conclusions & Closers
Take the time and necessary precautions to leave a strong and lasting impression…