Whats my last chance to hit home with my point?

Conclusions

Verbal signals

Nonverbal signals

SIGNAL THE END

Summarize key ideas

e.g. So remember, you can prevent your car from being stolen if you follow these guidelines: Always park in a well-lighted area. Always remove your key from the ignition, always close all windows and lock all doors.

Reinforce the central idea with a clincher

Clincher- a final statement in a speech that drives home the key concept of the speech.

CITE A QUOTATION
After the speaker urges the audience to buckle their seat belts she said: I would like to close with a quotation from Laura Valdez, an emergency medicine technician in California, who said, I have driven my ambulance to hundreds of traffic accidents. I have found many people already dead, but I have yet to unbuckle the seat belt of a dead person.

GIVE AN ILLUSTRATION
In a speech urging listeners to carry a cellphone with them at all times the speaker concluded with story: Earlier this year Gina Tan, 24 was driving in the remote road of Marikina when two young men in a pickup truck repeatedly force her car off the road. She punched 117 phone number and alerted the police. This was enough to scare the men off.

GUIDELINES FOR CONCLUSIONS

Dont drag out the ending Dont end weakly

Dont end apologetically

Never bring in new main points

POOR: So if youre looking for a good sport to take up for fun and health, remember that swimming drives away your accumulated tension, it builds up your endurance and it gives you good workout without putting a strain on your muscles and joints. And, oh, yes, another good reason for swimming, it can prevent you from developing back problems in old age.

Writing a Title
Simple statement of the subject

Question

A creative title

Courage to Grow

Selling Safety

Simple statement The Dignity of Work Philippines Destiny

Why Do We Need Enough Sleep?

What Is the Impact of Computers on Our Behavior?

Question Are Farmers on the Way Out? Are We Living in a Bisexual Society?

Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: The Need for Adult Computer Literacy

Promises to Keep: Broadcasting and the Public Interest

Creative title Freeze or Freedom: On the Limits of Morals and Worth of Politics

The Tangled Web: How Environmental Climate Has Changed

Create a question/creative title for the given topics:

Travel Agency Medical tourism Airplane Vacation Hong Kong Visa Application

Create a question/creative title for the given topics:

Suite Table setting Customers Pastry Hotels Etiquette