CONCLUSIONS"The end must connect with the opening. What has been promised must

have been delivered. Read the opening over to see what closing it implies."

~ Donald Murray

Ending a Narrative

It is no longer necessary to end with “The End”

As a middle school reader, you know you are at the end when there are no more words on the page. You don’t need to be told.

Concluding an Expositive or Persuasive

You should end it with TAC

Topic sentence restated(said) in a different way

Attention-getter (you should mention it again)

Clincher (something new and interesting - leave the reader with something to remember or thing about)