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HOW DO I WRITE A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH?
by Kathy McLain, M.A.   Most English 101 and English 102 papers should finish with a concluding paragraph.  Remember that a concluding paragraph ends the paper.  Don't include solutions or other new material not previously discussed in your paper.  If you need to present solutions to the problems or issues presented in your paper, state these solutions in a paragraph prior to the conclusion.

A good concluding paragraph will do the following:

1.  Restate the major supporting points (topic sentences) in the paper.
2.  Show how the evidence in the body paragraphs logically leads to the conclusion (thesis statement) that you presented in the introductory paragraph of your paper.
3.  Restate the thesis in the conclusion.