How To Be A Better Writer!

Part Two

Writing the Ending of an EssayWriting the Ending of an Essay

What is a Zinger and Great

Conclusion?• They leave the

reader with a smile and possibly something to think about.

Much like a great train

begins with a mighty engine!

You know the train is done when you see the final car or the caboose.

Zingers / Great Conclusions are: • Mysterious

• Quote

• Humor

• Piece of fantasy

• Question

• Learn a lesson

• Everyone, all of us

Mystery Conclusion example:

• No one is really sure, but perhaps someday we’ll find out

• All the bats disappeared. Who knows where they will show up next.

Quote Conclusion example:

• “It remains to be seen how the earth will survive in the future” remarked Professor E. Viro Ment.

Humor Conclusion example:

• Whether the glass pitcher hits the stone, or the stone hits the glass pitcher, it is going to be very bad for the pitcher.

Piece of Fantasy

Conclusion example:

• So, just imagine how the people of the earth would fare without war, poverty and famine.

Using a Question

Conclusion example: • The next time you

have a bite to eat, what will you choose?

Learn a Lesson Conclusion example:

• Keeping a race of people from their freedom should have been enough for us to know the future.

Everyone, All of Us conclusion

example:• The next time you

see someone be rude to a foreigner, think what message that sends out about all of us.