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When writing a college term paper you will no doubt be aware that one of the most important parts of the whole project is to produce a strong conclusion. The concluding part of any paper represents the last opportunity that you have to demonstrate to the tutor that you fully understand the question and the issues that relate to it. It is also the only chance that you get to provide an answer on the basis of the evidence that you have provided. This article aims to help you write a conclusion so that all of the above is included.

The first thing that you should do when you begin writing a conclusion is to re-read each of the key points that you have made in the essay. Next, summarize these points briefly in no more than a few sentences. A good conclusion helps the reader to understand your concluding remarks by tying together all of the arguments that you have made beforehand.

Secondly it is important to avoid adding completely new arguments and information into the final part of the term paper. This is a common error made by students and only serves to confuse the already existing and credible arguments that you have made. The only information that should be in the conclusion are those that you have already discussed in the main body of the essay.

Thirdly, many students will either be eager to get the paper finished by the time they get to the conclusion or they are struggling to find more resources to write about. When this happens, it is tempting to repeat at length the arguments that you have already made in the main text. As already discussed, the conclusion should be a summary of the key points and there is no real need to simply repeat what has already been written.

Fourth, it helps to guide the reader through the conclusion so that they can see how your key points relate to each other and also how you came to your conclusion logically. A common way of doing this is to use words such as firstly, secondly, etc. You can see that this method has been used in this article to help you understand each individual point separately.

The final point to be made about writing conclusions relates to the final statement that you make in the term paper. The statement does not need to be dramatic or indeed ground-breaking, but it is important that it makes an impact. The most common way to end the conclusion is to refer to the need to make further research in order to underline the points that you have made. Another is to highlight the importance of the issue or topic that you have discussed. Some students like to find an appropriate quote or short story that helps to emphasize the conclusion and this can be very effective too.

As you can see the conclusion does not require too much thought or effort. It is simply the last paragraph in which you tie all the strands of arguments that have already been made and then provide a clear statement in the concluding remark. That is all there is to it and it should not take that long to complete either. Remember that the conclusion is the last chance you get to convince the tutor that you understand what you have written about.