Conclusion Paragraph

Restated Thesis

Mic Drop

Why Care?

Topic Sentence

State your reasons/mini-claims

Tell your reader what they can do to create change

Explain why this issue should matter to your reader

Keep explaining your issue

Make the reader wonder why they listened to you for so long

Give them a statistic that makes them wonder

Make the reader want to take action

why care?

restated thesis

mic drop

topic sentence

To introduce new ideas for discussion.

To restate the main points and provide closure.

To include detailed evidence from outside sources.

To entertain the reader with a story.

A restatement of the thesis.

A summary of the main ideas.

New and unrelated information.

A closing thought or call to action.

To remind the reader of the essay’s main argument.

To provide new evidence supporting the thesis.

To explain why the thesis was not addressed in the essay.

To make the essay longer.

Use the exact same wording as the introduction.

Add a new argument related to the introduction.

Refer back to a key idea or hook from the introduction.

Ignore the introduction completely.

Including a rhetorical question.

Repeating the introduction word-for-word.

Leaving the reader with an unresolved question.

Listing unrelated facts about the topic.

Summarizing the key points.

Restating the thesis in different words.

Adding strong and clear final thoughts.

Introducing entirely new arguments or evidence.