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Chapter 6: Concluding the Essay. Methods of Conclusion Summary recaps the main points of your essay, using different wording than you used in the thesis and topic sentences. Recommendation suggests a solution to a problem raised in the essay.
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Chapter 6:Concluding the Essay Methods of Conclusion • Summary recaps the main points of your essay, using different wording than you used in the thesis and topic sentences. • Recommendation suggests a solution to a problem raised in the essay. • Prediction looks to the future and may influence how your reader reflects upon the situation in your essay. • Full-circle conclusion incorporates a word or image from the introduction as a theme in the conclusion, thus bringing the essay full circle to end where it began. • Quotation establishes an emphasis at the end. For the strongest effect, make the quotation your closing statement.
Chapter 6:Concluding the Essay Traps to Avoid • Sermonizing • Do not fall into the trap of appearing as if you are lecturing the reader. • Starched Prose • A writer who speaks in a natural voice throughout an essay sometimes will stiffen his or her voice at the end. • Make sure you use the same voice throughout your essay.