Hi! It's is Wendy from Worldwide Speak.
This video is the last video
in the Writing an Essay in English series.
It's on the Conclusion Paragraph.
In this video, I'm going to help you
write a clear and effective conclusion paragraph.
Keep watching!
OK, so you know I like to use shapes
so that you can visualize the pieces
of an essay. And for the conclusion paragraph,
I'd like you to think of it as a triangle
that looks like this one in the slide here.
It's a right-side-up triangle
as opposed to the triangle that was flipped
for the introduction paragraph.
This triangle starts out small,
or in writing terms - specific,
and then it gets bigger, or
more general.
The first sentence of your conclusion paragraph
is the restated thesis.
Now, what does restated mean?
Well, when were writing -
when we restate something,
it means that we're going to say the same thing
again,
but we're going to use different words.
So that's the first sentence of the
conclusion paragraph.
Let's look at the thesis
that we wrote for the introduction paragraph
in Part 2.
Here was our thesis.
Read it with me.
Yet, the most amazing city
that one must visit when travelling
in the United States
is Chicago
because of its architecture, restaurants,
and museums.
For the conclusion, we want to say the same exact
thing, but we want to change the order
of the sentence and the words of the sentence
so that
it doesn't sound exactly the same as the thesis.
But it still has the same meaning.
Well, how do we do this?
Here's one way we can do it.
Chicago is the best
city to experience while on vacation.
I mention Chicago because
that's the point of my essay - is I want people
to visit Chicago.
and, I didn't
go into detail about what exactly
makes Chicago
the best city to visit.
But I can do that a little bit later in the conclusion.
The main
purpose of the restated thesis
is just to remind your reader
of your focus or your thesis.
and to say it a little bit differently.
Next, you might want to add in some more
of that detail about
why the thesis is so important.
So, when we take a look at
the restated thesis:
Chicago is the best city to experience while on vacation.
- remember
we didn't mention anything about
the architecture, or the restaurants, or the museums.
That would be a good thing to do right now.
You could say something like:
The beautiful buildings, restaurants, and museums
make this place a must-see.
You've given a little more information
about your specific topic,
which is: visiting Chicago on vacation.
And, you've created another sentence,
but you've said in a little bit different way,
which makes it more interesting
for the reader.
Last,
you might want to give the reader something
to think about.
You really want your essay
to stay with them for a bit.
You want your reader
to think about
what you wrote about.
That's why you're writing!
You're writing to talk to somebody,
and, although your writing will have
a different purpose depending on the type of essay
you're writing. But we write to communicate.
And you want what you said
to stay with the reader for a while
and make them think about it.
A lot of times, what we tell our students
is to add a suggestion,
or an opinion,
or a prediction.
This really helps people think about things.
And it causes them to stop for a moment
and consider what you
had written about.
For example,
We can suggest that they start
planning a trip to Chicago as soon as possible.
We could write a sentence
like this.
So,
start planning and packing today
for a visit to this exciting
American metropolis.
They might never
plan a trip to Chicago
or even go to Chicago, but I bet
the person reading your essay is going to start
thinking about Chicago
and be open to the possibility
of visiting there one day.
They're going to think, "Chicago sounds
awesome!
I want to go there."
So, it's really important that
we look at these sentences
- not only in the shape of the triangle -
but how it would look in paragraph form
like you would write it for school.
Why don't you read this with me.
Ok. So, let's review
the parts of the conclusion
paragraph.
We have the restated thesis.
That's where we say the same thing
as the thesis but in
a different order and using different words
so that it's not
exactly the same as your thesis
but it has the same meaning.
Then we give a little more information about
the topic and revisit some of your details
possibly from the body paragraph.
And, lastly, we want to leave the reader with
a suggestion, an opinion,
or a prediction.
We want the reader to think about what we wrote.
We want our idea to stay with them
for a while.
I know you can do this!
You can write a clear, effective essay
in English.
You now have the OVERVIEW of whole essay,
in Part 1.
You have
clear instructions on how to write the INTRODUCTION
in Part 2.
You have everything you need to know about
the BODY PARAGRAPH.
And, lastly, you have this video
on the CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH.
You have all of the pieces, and you have
the information in order to begin writing
in English an essay that is clear
and effective and thoughtful.
I know you can do this!
And if you would like to see what this essay looks like
in complete form with the three paragraphs
that we talked about in this series -
the INTRO, the BODY PARAGRAPH
and the CONCLUSION -
You can find it on our website at:
worldwidespeak.com/coaching
Best of luck to you in your writing in English.
You can do it!