Transcript Writing A Conclusion How to leave your reader with

Writing A Conclusion
How to leave your reader with
a sense that you really know
what you’re talking about!
What does it mean to draw a
conclusion?
• The job of a conclusion is NOT
to conclude, or “end” your
essay. It is to “draw
conclusions” based on the
content of the essay.
A conclusion has contents (or
innards), just like an introduction
– Four parts of an effective
conclusion:
– REVIEW
– CONNECT
– EXTEND
– ECHO-hook
Review
• Review your thesis by rewording your
key point and the conclusions that
have been drawn.
• Highlight what you think is the most
important, convincing evidence or
point in your paper--what you want
the reader to remember most.
• If you are writing about literature,
this is a good place to include the
author and title.
Connect
• Considering all of your evidence and
examples, what common thread or
theme do you notice about your
evidence?
• What is the greater significance of
that common thread or theme?
• What key conclusion or impression do
you most want your reader to leave
with?
Extend
• How does this connection go beyond
your topic and extend to the real
world?
• When writing about literature,
consider discussing a connection to
a universal theme--some larger truth
about human experience which is
revealed by the work.
• In essence, what is the big picture
you’re looking at as you write your
paper?
Echo
• This is the hook of the
conclusion.
• The compelling thought or
question you leave your reader
to ponder because the content
of your essay drew them to
think deeply!
A sample
REVIEW: While Equality desired to have an ego, he lived in a
controlling, tyrannical society that squelched any individualism the
citizens had.
CONNECT: Equality desired to learn, yet he became a Street Sweeper,
Equality desired to love and have friends, yet he was told he could
prefer no man above others. And Equality wish to have an ego, to
know who he was as a man, yet to do that he had to leave the
society and live on his own.
EXTEND: Ayn Rand’s intention in writing Anthem was to show free
citizens, like those of us who live in America, to question practices
that may take our ego from us and to always question the laws and
norms of society around us.
ECHO: For as we saw in Anthem, once this questioning stops, all
freedoms can be taken from a citizen.