<p>I’ve looked at essays in this forum and the most noticeable mistake is the terrible conclusions (including my own). Teachers always say to restate the thesis and summarize your points, yet don’t sound redundant. This seems an impossible task.</p>
<p>How do you write a conclusion without sounding like you are pointlessly repeating yourself?</p>
<p>How do you write a multi-sentence conclusion? (I learned this in 7th grade… I feel like I’ve regressed)</p>
<p>Actually, my teachers have taught me the opposite-</p>
<p>Do Not restate the thesis or summarize the above body paragraphs, or else you’ll sound mechanical. However, that is exactly what you have to do on the SAT Essay. Restate the points and make your thesis clear. They essay graders like clear organization. In a real essay, you’d add commentary and make the conclusion more open-ended, but in this situation, it’d be more difficult.</p>
<p>Dorothy (from Wizard of Oz), look no further!!</p>
<p>Look at the third sentence of your own first paragraph in the Original Post.
In a way, even though it’s bare bones, it’s a conclusion. It touches on every point in your paragraph, but says it in new words. Everything before it supports the words of your final sentence.</p>
<p>If you had to get away from bare bones you might instead write, “To write a meaningful conclusion without merely repeating words seems an impossible task.”</p>
<p>Its good to Restate the thesis (in another form differently from your Intro).</p>
<p>Um…I basically summarized my intro in my conclusion for the essay and still got a 12. Although I think I added a sentence that was somewhat different at the end, so maybe that’s why the readers probably didn’t notice.</p>
<p>I write exactly like how I would like to speak. I don’t consciously think of a conclusion as much as sum up the basis of all of my thoughts. It’s especially nice when you can keep it short, sweet and tie it back to your AAGD or examples. Like, in my essay against false modesty, I presented my point, wrote my examples – most of which were anecdotes of my life in China, and ended the essay like this:</p>
<pre><code>*Years ago, I had learned to love Chairman Mao despite having no knowledge of who he was aside from the title of savior. I had sung songs of glory, guessing at words I did not recognize. I had worn a red scarf every day to symbolize my patriotism for some stranger’s revolution. I had regretted in keeping my silence and implying that there was a shred of rationality in the accusations against my being.
Never again. *
</code></pre>
<p>Now, it’s a mediocre example and all, but best thing I could find on my computer in 5 minutes’ time.</p>
<p>I got a 12 and all I wrote was </p>
<p>Both _____ and ______ show that anyone can in fact mkae a tangible difference in their community or in their nation.</p>
<p>Bring up something interesting. A new tangential point or a bigger picture (basically, some noteworthy implications of your thesis) could make for an interesting conclusion. You don’t NEED a great conclusion but if you want to make your essay more attractive, try it</p>