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A better way of concluding an essay than writting "In conclusion..."

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Reply 20

BananaMuffin

Therefore, to conclude, on the whole, to summarise, alltogether, overall, thus

Reply 21

Jamsie_853

I usually use to conclude.
Although when writing english essays I try and make it a bit more original by stating 'The engrossing characteristic of *insert authors name here* is definitely their frequent use of...'
I get flowing again then, and then realise my conclusion usually ends up equivalent to my main body! :smile:

Reply 22

boysenberry

don't use anything like 'overall', 'thus', 'in conclusion', or any other summarising word. it's pretty pedestrian.
just sum it up, without any of the aforementioned words or similar phrases.

Reply 23

Castelbajac

After considering the aforementioned points, I believe that...

Taking the above into consideration, I have come to the conclusion that...

Having discussed the merits and drawbacks of each viewpoint, it seems to me that...

Something along those lines maybe?

You maybe could say

"I conclude thee"

You really shouldn't use I or my... because you're not supposed to talk in first person and you shouldn't use "in my opinion" because a conclusion isn't an opinion. It's literally just summing up everything you've written about, but without repeating the exact words you've used within the essay. Avoid putting new information in the conclusion also.
Similar to a summary, from reading a conclusion you should be able to get a good idea of what the overall essay is about.

Reply 27

hazel levesque

"This evidence hints to the conclusion that..."

Reply 28

frankie196

Teachers who drone on about this are really unhelpful. True, it is not the most original phrase but there are more important things to teach students about essay writing. Harping on about this minor point will just induce a lack of confidence. Focus on more important things.

Reply 29

MythicalCherry

1. To sum things up,2. As one can see,3. Overall,4. All things considered,5. Ultimately,6. In the end,7. Hence,8. It has been shown that,9. Thus,10. To top it off,11. In summary12. In review,13. To summarize,14. In short,15. In summary,

Reply 30

math42

lol this thread is from 2008...
But I will say that I've always ended things with "In conclusion", Idc..

Reply 31

etherealinsanity

Ultimately, the writers are (successful/unsuccessful, etc.) at fuflfilling these (purposes/communicating these ideas) by... They are particularaly effective at doing this when...

That's what I do for the unseen part of my English exam.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 32

MythicalCherry

1. To sum things up,
2. As one can see,
3. In summary
4. Overall,
5. All things considered,
6. Ultimately,
7. In the end,
8. Hence,
9. It has been shown that,
10. Thus,
11. To top it off,
12. In summary
13. In review,
14. To summarize,
15. In short,

Reply 33

frankie196

Hi MythicalCherry

Yeh, these look perfectly fine - and more importantly - clear and helpful signposts - whatever the pedants say!!! Although I have to say, I'm not fond of 11 - just my own idiosyncrasies - seems a bit too idiomatic to my ear - but it does the job.

ciao

Frankie