The Conclusion or How Do I End My Writing?

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The Conclusion or How Do I End My Writing?
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Your closing Sentence

• Should leave no doubt in the readers mind that
  you are finished
• It should leave the reader with a feeling that
  you have done what you intended to do

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Your concluding sentence..

• Ties it all up nicely
• Returns to the main point
• Does not leave readers hanging
• Lets reader know it is over

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Not so good endings .

• The End
• And thats all I have to say about the story and
  thats how it happened.
• Therefore what I have said is true and thats
  all.
• I hoped you liked my story.
• It may sound unbelievable but it is really true
  so you see what I mean?

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So..

• Dont end with a quick sentence to indicate your
  paragraph or story is over

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3 ways to close for beginner writers

• Restate in another way what you said in the
  beginning. Try not to use the same words. Use a
  thesaurus for synonyms.
• Summarize the key idea of the story/paragraph
• Provide a clincher sentence or concluding
  sentence that clinches the point made in the
  paragraph/story or in other words, gives the main
  impression of the experience being described

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Remember

• Make the conclusion fit the tone of the
  paragraph/story
• A funny brief, clever conclusion might fit a
  humourous paragraph about automobile drivers
• A serious paragraph about dangerous drivers might
  need a more formal ending
• Never introduce new ideas!

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Use Transition Words

• Therefore, as a result, consequently, etc. are
  good for concluding, summarizing, and showing
  results in an informational piece of writing

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Examples

• Lets look at some examples

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The Last Day of School I sat in my desk, sweat
dripping down my face. I shut my eyes tight, then
opened them. I looked at my watch 1127. Three
minutes! Three minutes until I heard a sound, a
sound that would set me free for three months of
total nothingness. Ms. Smith rambled on about pi
and figuring out percentages. 1128. I stared at
my watch. I looked as the seconds ticked down to
freedom from SCHOOL! 112950. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,
4, 3, 2, 1, 0 BRRRIIINNNGGG! The bell rang! I
pulled on my backpack, tore out of the room,
sprinted down the stairs, sped down the hallway,
and bounded out the door. I dashed home and
picked up a snack. I popped a video into the VCR,
turned on the TV, and relaxed. Ahhh what a
glorious day!
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Yellow Mama Who would have thought moving
to the country would bring our family such
delight. When I was one year old we moved to a
farm about seven miles from the highway. After we
arrived and were fairly well settled we found out
there were some cats living on the farm, too.
Yellow Mama was one of them. She was a yellow cat
with a white bib. Yellow Mama was a gentle cat,
in the years that followed she had at least five
batches of kittens. She cared for them all and
they usually looked like her, but not always.
Sometimes she had six kittens in one batch!
When I was seven years old Yellow Mama was
still with us. During the summer, Kirk, my
brother who was nine, and I decided we wanted to
climb a big rock on the hillside near our house.
We were almost to the rock when I saw poor Yellow
Mama lying near a brush, dead. I told Kirk to
come see what had happened. We were both very
sad, we had loved her very much. We decided not
to climb the rock, I was crying. When we were
running back to the house, mom heard me crying
and came out to see if I was hurt. We told her
what had happened and then went into the house.
When dad came home we told him. The next day he
buried Yellow Mama. He said it looked like a
snake or something had bitten her neck. I will
never forget that cat. I am twelve years old now
and still think about how friendly and kind she
was. Yellow Mama had been a good cat.
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Your ending

• Does your last line provide a feeling of closure?
  
• OrIs the reader left up in the air?
• Think about this and take some time now to
  rethink your ending.
• Cross out your original ending if you think it
  needs improvement and, rewrite it.