conclusion paragraph

From They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff

Examples to apply to your paper. If you are writing about research you did not conduct, use 3rd person.

Capturing Authorial Action

· X acknowledges that _________.

· X agrees that __________.

· X argues that ___________.

· X believes that ___________.

· X claims that ___________.

· X complains that ___________.

· X concedes that __________.

· X demonstrates that __________.

· X emphasizes that ___________.

· X insists that __________.

· X observes that __________.

· X questions whether ___________.

· X refutes the claim that __________.

· X reminds us that ___________.

· X reports that __________.

· X suggests that __________.

· X urges us to __________.

REPRODUCE

Introducing Quotations

· X states, “__________.”

· According to X, “___________.”

· X himself writes, “___________.”

· In Brown’s book,_________, X maintains that “___________”

· In X’s view, “_____________.”

Explain

Explaining Quotations

· Basically, X is saying ___________.

· In other words, X believes ___________.

· In making this comment, X argues that __________.

· X is insisting that ____________.

· X’s point is that __________.

Indicating Who Cares

· At first glance, teenagers appear to _______. But on closer inspection ______.

Establishing Why Your Claims Matter

· X is important because _______.

· Ultimately, what is at stake here is ________.

· Although X may seem of concern to only a small group of ______, it should in fact concern

anyone who cares about ___________.

Commonly Used Transitions

Cause and Effect

Accordingly

As a result

Consequently

Hence

It follows, then

Since

So

Then

Therefore

Thus

Conclusion

As a result

Consequently

Hence

In conclusion, then

In short

In sum, then

It follows, then

So

The upshot of all

this is that

Therefore

Thus

To sum up

To summarize

Comparison

Along the same

lines

In the same way

Likewise

Similarly

Contrast

Although

But

By contrast

Conversely

Despite the fact that

Even though

However

In contrast

Nevertheless

Nonetheless

On the contrary

On the other hand

Regardless

Whereas

While

Yet

Addition

Also

And

Besides

Furthermore

In addition

In fact

Indeed

Moreover

So too

Concession

Admittedly

Although it is true

that

Granted

I concede that

Of course

Naturally

To be sure

Example

After all

As an illustration

Consider

For example

For instance

Specifically

To take a case in

point

Elaboration

Actually

By extension

In short

That is

In other words

To put it in another

way

To put it bluntly

To put it succinctly

Ultimately