Writing Conclusions
Published September 13, 2017. Updated September 5, 2019.
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a conclusion that reflects and supports your argument.
Conclusions
The conclusion to your essay restates your claim and reviews your evidence. It may also expand on the significance of your topic by adding further
context or by hinting at what followed as a result of what you have been describing.
Writing conclusions
Your conclusion should follow from the claim presented in your introduction. It should be a logical extension of
the argument you have made and should explain why what you have said is important in a larger context.
Conclusion Example
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Question: Why can the American Revolution be considered a world war?
Conclusion:
The American Revolution was a world war because it involved multiple nations on multiple continents and this involvement forced the British to surrender in what
was, for them, a lesser fight. France, Spain, and the Netherlands engaged Great Britain in North America, the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Pacific, and in India, expanding the war to a global
conflict. Since the American Revolution, wars were fought by many different countries all over the planet and have become more commonplace, but this war was the first world war.
Conclusion
In this lesson, you learned how to write a conclusion that supports your claims.