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1、How to Write a Conclusion第1页What is a ConclusionA conclusion is an answer created from the hypothesis, and sums up the hypothesis. Conclusions always are put at the end of a writing piece. They state what has been proven and what has been learned. 第2页Purposes of a Conclusionwrap things up and end yo

2、ur essay,evaluates the significance of the paper, reemphasizes the main points, predicts an outcome, offers a solution, or suggests a further study.第3页A Conclusion should include A restatement of your subject, your thesis, hypothesis, or what can be called the central mission of your study. A presen

3、tation of your findings, a summary. Be careful to avoid making a chapter by chapter list of the contents of your main text. It should sound like a discussion. 第4页A conclusion should3. Discuss and interpret findings. Give answers. Draw inferences from your study and discuss the relevance of your data

4、. 4. Point to areas of further research. No doubt while you were researching your topic, in some areas, you found more questions than answers. 第5页A conclusion should include5. Graceful exit. The final two or three paragraphs are as important as any others. You could talk about the overall significan

5、ce of the study, of the subject in general, and how it is important to know about it. Make the reader feel that it has been worth his or her time to read this paper and that the world will be a better place with you in it as an academic. 第6页The ConclusionRemind your reader why you have been writing

6、this essay! Its been a long while since your Topic Sentence! So, rephrase your Topic Sentence.第7页Finally: broaden your focus!Move away from examples, quotes and analysis and make some general conclusions:Discuss what you think was the authors purposeDescribe your personal reactions or thoughtsConnec

7、t it to life in the 21st century第8页Your conclusion should NOT include:New ideas or facts,Any footnotes. Announcement of what you have done (i.e. In this paper I have explained.)第9页Sample Conclusion: Macbeth started off as a hero and ended up a hated tyrant. Such power-hungry people are still around

8、today and continue to cause great instability in society. That is why we continue to have political unrest and wars and we hear about them daily in the news. Sadly, Shakespeare has shown us that selfish, naked ambition is one of humanitys timeless vices.第10页Suggestions1. Answer the question So What?

9、 Show your readers why this paper was important. Show them that your paper was meaningful and useful.第11页Suggestions2. Synthesize, dont summarize Dont simply repeat things that were in your paper. They have read it. Show them how the points you made and the support and examples you used were not ran

10、dom, but fit together. 第12页Suggestions3. Redirect your readers Give your reader something to think about, perhaps a way to use your paper in the real world. If your introduction went from general to specific, make your conclusion go from specific to general. Think globally. 第13页Suggestions4. Echoing

11、 the introduction: Echoing your introduction can be a good strategy if it is meant to bring the reader full-circle. 第14页Suggestions5. Looking to the future: Looking to the future can emphasize the importance of your paper or redirect the readers thought process. It may help them apply the new inform

12、ation to their lives or see things more globally. 第15页Other SuggestionsKeep in mind the balance of your assignment. The conclusion should be clear and relatively brief. There is no need to go over everything again that you have already mentioned this would be unnecessarily boring and tedious. Make s

13、ure that the conclusion is based on what you have said before it is often tempting to go off at a tangent and to say things that are completely unrelated to the topic. Be wary of this. 第16页IntroductoryParagraphMain Paragraph 1Main Paragraph 2Conclusion第17页Other suggestionsTry not to make your opinio

14、n too pompous or authoritarian usually your viewpoint will be obvious from your discussion, so there is no need to conclude with statements such as: In conclusion, I think Hamlet is a great play. Allow your enthusiasm for the topic to show in how you discuss it. 第18页Other suggestionsBe careful with tenses. In a conclusion, you will usually want to use the present perfect (e.g. The aim of this dissertation has been to.) followed by the simple past (Chapter 1 provided an overview of, etc.). 第19页Other suggestionsBe very careful about u