Effective conclusions don’t only summarise your main points. A conclusion will offer solutions or suggestions for next steps, and leave the reader with a ‘call to action’ (something they need to do next). They give you a chance to echo the main point you made in your introduction with new words.

Activity 2

– Read these conclusions. How does each motivate, inspire or sum up for the reader?
Conclusion 1 – Lena Dunham Essay about why she chose to have a hysterectomy I may have felt choiceless before, but I know I have choices now. Soon I’ll start exploring whether my ovaries, which remain someplace inside me in that vast cavern of organs and scar tissue, have eggs. (Your brain, unaware that the rest of the apparatus has gone, in theory keeps firing up your eggs every month, to be released and reabsorbed into the cavern.) Adoption is a thrilling truth I’ll pursue
with all my might. But I wanted that stomach. I wanted to know what nine months of complete togetherness could feel like. I was meant for the job, but I didn’t pass the interview. And that’s OK. It really is. I might not believe it now, but I will soon enough. And all that will be left is my story and my scars, which are already faded enough that they’re hard to find.

Conclusion 2

– Dogs Monthly article about viewer fury over Emmerdale dog-napping storyline
DogLost, who aim to reunite dogs with their owners, made this statement:
“Whilst DogLost would encourage raising the awareness of dog theft through the serious and
sensitive inclusion of the subject in a drama, it cannot condone its trivialisation in a current story line in Emmerdale.
Thousands of dogs a year are stolen in the UK and DogLost works hard to support owners subjected to this crime. We work closely with police forces up and down the country and are campaigning with
the Stolen and Missing Pets Alliance for tougher sentencing.
DogLost has made representations to the executive producer at Emmerdale asking for the storyline to be amended with an appropriate outcome. In response to the comments, an ITV spokesperson said:
“Charity and Ross are well established as characters who are capable of illegal and sometimes downright evil acts.
“As the program makes very clear, their plan to steal a dog is both ill-judged and criminal and it will plainly be seen to backfire on them.