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1、ConclusionAstheend-resultofthewholepaper,conclusion(alsocalledsummary)isthefinalviewpointdrawnbytheauthorafterinvestigations,experiments,inferences,discussionsandsoon.Tohaveaneffectiveconclusionisoftentimesaschallengingashavinganeffectiveintroduction.Aneffectiveconclusion
2、indicatesthatyouhavefinishedwhatyouhavetosay.Nonewmaterialisintroduced.Itdoesnotrehashopinionsorrecitetheobvious.Aneffectiveendingflowslogicallyandsmoothlyfromthebodyoftheessay,givingasenseofcompletenessorclosure.GeneralfunctionsandmainelementsofconclusionTypicalfunctions
3、oftheconclusionofaresearchpapermayinclude:1)summingup2)statementofconclusion3)statementofrecommendationsand4)gracefultermination.Foraparticularpaper,anyoneoranycombinationofthesemaybeappropriate.Somepapersdonotneedaseparateconcludingsection,particularlyiftheconclusionsorr
4、esultshavealreadybeenstatedintheintroduction.Fivewaystoconcludeanessay:1.restatingthemainpointsGenerallyspeaking,iftheessayisnotverylong,youdonotneedtoannouncetheendingbysaying“inconclusion”or“tosumitup”.Indeed,youcansummarizethemainpointsmoreeffectivelywithoutusingthosee
5、xpressions.2.referringbacktothethesis(andtheintroduction)Somewritersliketoconcludetheiressaysbybrieflyreferringbacktothethesis.Suchanendingisparticularlysatisfyingbecauseitgivestheessayasenseofclosurebyalludingtoinsteadofrepeatingtheentirethesis.ThisiswhatAnastasiaToufexi
6、sdoesin“Love:therightchemistry?”Introduction:O.K.,let’scutoutallthisnonsenseaboutromanticlove.Let’sbringsomescientificprecisiontotheparty.Let’sputloveunderamicroscope.WhenrigorouspeoplewithPh.D.saftertheirnamesdothat,whattheyseeisnotsomesilly,senselessthing.No,theirprober
7、evealsthatloverestsfirmlyonthefoundationsofevolution,biologyandchemistry…Conclusion:O.K.,that’sthescientificpointofview.Satisfied?Probablynot.Tomostpeople—withorwithoutPh.D.s—lovewillalwaysbemorethanthesumofitsnaturalparts.It’sacomminglingofbodyandsoul,reality,andimaginat
8、ion,poetryandphenylethylamine.Inourdeepesthearts,mostofusharborthehopethatlovewillneverfullyyiel
