CONCLUSIONS What a CONCLUSION should do 1 Restate

CONCLUSIONS • What a CONCLUSION should do~ • 1. Restate thesis-remind readers of your main point~ • 2. Sum up the reasons/topics • 3. Final Thought-one last sentence to arouse the reader's emotions~ • 4. NEVER ADD A NEW IDEA

Conclusions • There are four ways to close a conclusion: ● A quotation ● A question ● An anecdote ● A solution or recommendation

A Quotation • In Grand Illusion, the whole idea of nationhood is exposed as an illusion, and the fact that we go to war over an illusion is the film's great irony—and tragedy. It is a tragedy Renoir hopes we can avoid repeating. If “losing an illusion makes you wiser, than finding a truth, ” as Ludwig Borne wrote, then Renoir has succeeded in making us all so much wiser.

A Question • “What kind of place is America? ” you asked. In short, America is an idea and an experiment. We call the idea “democracy, ” and we see what happens when we let people say whatever they want, go wherever they want, and in most cases, do whatever they want. True, the results aren't always pretty, but it certainly is a beautiful experiment, isn't it?

An Anecdote • Introduction: What's in a name? Nothing---and everything. It is , after all, just a name, one tiny piece of the puzzle that is you, but when you have a nickname like “Dumbo, ” a name can become the major force in shaping your sense of who you are. That's how it was for me. • Conclusion: What's in a name? Enough to make me think long and hard about what to name my son before he was born. I spent months researching names and their meanings and thinking about the nicknames people might come up with. Once we finally settled on a name, I spent many sleepless nights worrying that we'd made the wrong choice and petrified that Samuel James would hate us for giving him that name. I have come to realize that along the way, Sam will have to learn the same lesson I did. I only hope that I can help make it less painful.

A Solution or Recommendation • While the Internet can be a very valuable source of information, it contains much information that it's almost criminal. Though we can't, --and shouldn't— regulate what people put up on the Web, we can— and should—provide guidance for citizens surfing the Web. Why not create a “reliability index” that measures the trustworthiness of Web sites? Then the Web can truly be what it was meant to be: an asset, not a liability.