HAPPY ENDINGSHOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY CONCLUSION

1. REITERATE THE MAIN POINTS OF YOUR ESSAY

2. LEAD TO A CONCLUSION THAT STICKS WITH THE THEME OF YOUR ESSAY, BUT TAKES IT IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION

3. THE GOLDEN WORD: “SO…”

IN YOUR CONCLUSION:

After arriving home from the movies one night, I decided that I was not going to be a moviegoer anymore. I was tired of the problems involved in getting to the movies and dealing with the theater itself and some of the patrons. The next day I arranged to have cable TV service installed in my home. I may now see movies a bit later than other people, but I'll be more relaxed watching box office hits in the comfort of my own living room.

IN OTHER WORDS…

1ST 4 PARAGRAPHS

Going to movies in the theater is an annoying experience, and I’ve grown tired of it.

CONCLUSION

SO…

I decided to watch movies at home instead.

"Thick darkness," "thread of the spider," and "vulture eye" are three images that Poe used in "The Tell-Tale Heart" to stimulate a reader's senses. Poe wanted the reader to see and feel real life. He used concrete imagery rather than vague abstract words to describe settings and people. If Edgar Allan Poe was one of Stephen King's teachers, then readers of King owe a debt of gratitude to that nineteenth-century creator of horror stories.

IN OTHER WORDS…

1ST 4 PARAGRAPHS

Edgar Allan Poe was a master of establishing mood in horror and suspense stories.

CONCLUSION

SO…

Modern writers who work in the same genre owe a debt to him.

WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE:

“IN ‘THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO,’ EDGAR ALLAN POE ESTABLISHES A MOOD THAT IS SUSPENSEFUL, EERIE AND SINISTER…

…SO _____________________________________.”

FOR YOUR CONCLUSION, THEN…