Good Endings

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Good Endings
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Putting the conclusion together

• Re-state your thesis in different words
• Choose an ending strategy thats appropriate for
  your topic.
• Summarize your main points OR give a
  recommendation OR make a prediction OR come full
  circle OR use a quotation.
• You can do more than one!
• Finish with a solid, final sounding sentence.
• Dont end with a weak sentence!

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Things to avoid

• Dont change your stance!
• Avoid tired expressions
• In conclusion, to conclude, in summary
• Dont lecture or sermonize
• Dont say, As I have stated above

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A good conclusion

• Now that you have learned the fabulous
  Teacher Suck-up Method, you too can improve
  your grades by getting your instructors to know
  you by name and see you as a real person who
  needs their help to succeed. By coming to classes
  on time, sitting up front, asking your teachers
  about their day, taking notes, asking questions,
  being polite, and visiting your instructors after
  class, you will influence them to give you a
  higher grade. Your instructors will remember who
  you are and believe you have really tried hard.
  The Teacher Suck-up Method really works. Try
  it. You will definitely see real improvement in
  your grades.

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Another good conclusion

• Good friends are a true blessing, and
  friends turned enemy can destroy all our
  happiness with their betrayals of our trust. As
  William Blake says in his poem, we tell our
  friends when we are angry and that makes their
  anger go away before it can do any harm. Keeping
  open lines of communication is essential in every
  relationship. Maybe if we checked regularly with
  our friends to make sure we have not done
  anything to anger them, even if it was by
  mistake, we might keep their friendship and keep
  them from becoming enemy friends.