College Composition / Unit 16 CMP 0382 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Summary and Conclusion
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The idea
Summary transitions, such as in short, in other words, in summary and in conclusion, signal that the writer is drawing ideas together.
In practice
"In short, the evidence points one way" tells readers that what follows condenses what came before.
Where people slip
In conclusion is often unnecessary at the end of an essay, since the final paragraph's position already signals it.
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