Conclusions

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Conclusions

• Knowing when to end is far more important than
  most writers realize. In fact, you should give as
  much thought to choosing your last sentence as
  you did to your first.
• - Here are some effective conclusion types to get
  you started

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The Summary (restate uniquely)

• Perhaps the next one hundred years will be
  called the environment century. If so, we can
  thank pioneers of the past. Some were famous,
  many little known. They were males and females,
  kids and adults. They were all heroes for the
  whole earth. The Century That Was (James Cross
  Giblin, editor)

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The Call to Action (sets forth an expectation)

• Debates about literacy instruction rage on. The
  battles for greater student literacy must be
  fought in classrooms and can be only won by
  teachers, administrators, and parents who
  understand the complexities of reading. I Read
  it, but I Dont Get it (Cris Tovani)

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Contemplative (gives readers more to think
about)

• What meaning will you discover as you create a
  legacy? Be real in your own unique way, and you
  will find out The Velveteen Principles

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The Image (offers the last act)

• I still have that piece of root, put away in a
  box with my journal. -Cold Sassy Tree

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Contemplative

• I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A
  sheltered life can be a daring one as well. For,
  all serious daring starts from within. - Welty

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Contemplative Call to Action

• I know that becoming conscious is a never ending
  process. My prayer is that by the actual end of
  this life, I will exit wearing my own true face
  and be completely unmasked. Authenticity has been
  an aspiration. Whatever is in the shadow, own it,
  pull it into the light, and let it shine.
  Lesson in Becoming Myself

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Theme

• He hated human slavery. But, through it all, he
  never lost his faith in people and his belief in
  God. He cherished freedom to the last. Anthony
  Burns Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave

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Quotation

• As Teilhard de Chardin once wrote, To see is to
  be made free.