Checklist for Conclusion Paragraph
1. Make a summary statement about what you have covered in the body paragraphs.
2. Do NOT include any new information.
3. Come to some conclusion about your research, your literary work, your topic (without
moralizing or making personal comments). What do you know now that you did not
know before you started this assignment? What is added to your understanding of the
work by this research?
4. Make some reference to your thesis; do not, however, repeat it verbatim.
5. Include a quotation that refers to your literary work as a whole or to your author or your
thesis (or to all). This is an optional step, however, it is an easy way to add gravitas to
your work.
Example Conclusion Paragraph
If the Duke has any redeeming qualities, they fail to appear in the poem. Browning's
emphasis on the Duke's traits of arrogance, jealousy, and materialism make it apparent that
anyone who might have known the Duke personally would have based his opinion of him on
these three personality "flaws." Ultimately, the reader’s opinion of the Duke is not a
favorable one, and it is clear that Browning intended that the reader feel this way.
* This conclusion example was taken from www.bucks.edu.