Introduction and Conclusion

Congratulations! You have completed all the major parts of your Senior Project paper. In the next step, you will put all of those pieces together. As we all know, every paper needs an introduction and conclusion. This is the last writing piece that you will do for this project. This is an introduction and conclusion for the entire paper, so be sure to develop your thesis with this in mind.

Step 1: Open a Google doc.

Step 2: Copy and paste the hook and the thesis into one paragraph.

Step 3: Determine what information the reader needs to fill in the background information and write that in between the hook and the thesis. 

Step 4: Below the introduction, start a new paragraph and write the conclusion.

A conclusion is the last paragraph of the entire paper. It should not repeat the same information verbatim. Rather, it should synthesize  - combine into a coherent whole - all the major points of the paper. It should follow this format:

• restate the thesis in different words

• 1-3 sentences highlighting the main points of the paper

• include the insights that you learned and what you will do with this information

• include a statement about what you learned from this project

*See model introduction and conclusion below.