What Not to do in a Conclusion
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Even the best essays can go wrong in the conclusion—this video covers what not to do in a conclusion to help avoid any essay-ending problems. The tips in this video help sort out what should go in a conclusion (and what might be better in a body paragraph) and will help any essay from going down like the Hindenburg.
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are you gonna land this thing Oh harder harder Here
are a few things you should absolutely not do to
keep your essay from crashing and burning at the last
second so don't simply restate your thesis Your paper should
have been a journey you should be re exploring your
thesis if you simply cut and pasted from your intro
your teacher is going to cut and paste you We're
not sure exactly what that means but it won't be
pleasant Don't try it Don't bring up anything new in
the conclusion If you remember a hilarious louis ck routine
that would fit perfectly with your essay go back and
put it in your essay don't put it in the
conclusion all that's going to do is leave your reader
wanting more and in the wrong way in the my
roommate ate all but one of the cookies kind of
way it is also remember that you don't need to
come up with a definitive answer is just an essay
you're not trying to solve the world's problems If you
try to tell people exactly what to think tired mr
prez you're just going to make them that instead show
them what conclusion you came to but leave the door
open for them to argue with You don't end with
a quote from someone else Your reader has stuck with
your essay until the end They want to know what
you think not what some other dope has to say
way say other dope We weren't implying that you're a
dope not on last You end up with a quote
from someone else and you're totally a dope Finally transitions
are great We love transitions almost as much love ice
cream sandwiches but as with ice cream sandwiches i don't
want to overdo it Your transition shouldn't be the tired
old in conclusion or similar make it snappy Here's a
quick recap of what not to do in your conclusion
don't restate your thesis Don't bring up anything new don't
come up with a definitive answer to life's problems don't
end with a quote from someone else Don't use cliche
transitions In conclusion there are many things you should not
do to keep your essay from crashing and burning at
the last second By working to decrease meat consumption and
redirecting corn production of countries in need of food world
hunger will be solved As dorothy parker said A little
bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika there
We've just written the worst conclusion ever You can at 00:02:39.05 --> [endTime] least do better than that