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Good Endings

– Re-state your thesis in different words– Choose an ending strategy that’s appropriate

for your topic.

» Summarize your main points OR give a recommendation OR make a prediction OR come full circle OR use a quotation.

Putting the conclusion together

Things to avoid

• Don’t change your stance!

• Avoid tired expressions– In conclusion, to conclude, in summary

• Don’t lecture or sermonize

• Don’t say, “As I have stated above…”

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.

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.