1. Conclusions:
Wrapping it all up!

2. Purposes
To give a sense of closure

3. Purposes
To give a sense of closure
To tie up any loose ends

4. Purposes To give a sense of closure To tie up any loose ends
To summarize key points

5. Purposes To give a sense of closure To tie up any loose ends
To summarize key points
To broaden the discussion of the essay: show how it relates to the reader!

6. Purposes To give a sense of closure To tie up any loose ends
To summarize key points
To broaden the discussion of the essay: show how it relates to the reader!
This means you need to write NEW CM

7. Purposes To give a sense of closure To tie up any loose ends
To summarize key points
To broaden the discussion of the essay: show how it relates to the reader!
This means you need to write NEW CM
Sometimes you may place the thesis in the conclusion rather than the intro.

8. The Basic Format
Summary

9. The Basic Format
Summary
Restate the thesis, but in different words

10. The Basic Format Summary Restate the thesis, but in different words
Summarize in no more than a few sentences key ideas addressed in the BP’s

11. The Basic Format Summary
Restate the thesis, but in different words
Summarize in no more than a few sentences key ideas addressed in the BP’s
Discuss why the essay should be important to the reader and the world as a whole:

12. The Basic Format Summary
Restate the thesis, but in different words
Summarize in no more than a few sentences key ideas addressed in the BP’s
Discuss why the essay should be important to the reader and the world as a whole:
New CM: say something significant you haven’t already said

13. The Basic Format Summary
Restate the thesis, but in different words
Summarize in no more than a few sentences key ideas addressed in the BP’s
Discuss why the essay should be important to the reader and the world as a whole:
New CM: say something significant you haven’t already said
Apply the ideas you’ve addressed to the reader and people as a whole