Journal Article

How to write a journal article (thesis or dissertation)? 

The conclusion

The conclusion of the dissertation is not only the final touch of your work, it is also its culmination! What to put in his memory conclusion? How to write it? Answers.
If you are a graduate student, you will write a dissertation. If the conclusion of the dissertation is the last stage of your work, it is no less important. Indeed, the conclusion is working just as much as the rest, especially since it is the last impression you leave to your examiner. To ensure the writing of this ultimate part, ask yourself the right questions!

The conclusion, key point of the thesis:

First of all, know that according to the specifications that will be imposed on you and your field of work, certain points vary in the writing of the dissertation. However, in all cases, the conclusion page of your memory is one of the most important pages. It must meet different criteria and in particular be directly related to the introduction of the dissertation and the problematic of the dissertation. If this is not the case, it means that there is a problem in your thinking!
Its main function is to answer the problematic that you raised in the introduction. The analyzes you make in your memoir must follow a certain logic. You started with a general problem, you tried to answer it by analyzes and demonstrations, it is now a question of writing a global answer.
Read your entire memory again, with your head resting. If everything seems logical to you and your words seem consistent, then you have reached your conclusion.

The conclusion of the dissertation is not a summary!

Be careful, your conclusion does not have to be a simple summary of your memory. As its name suggests, you will have to give your conclusions! You must actually repeat the conclusions drawn from each part, but you must be able to deduce an overall reflection of all these mini-conclusions. It's about seeing bigger, that all the pieces of the puzzle that you have set up make sense together.
It must therefore conclude the entirety of your remarks, incorporating elements from different parts. However, be careful not to confuse conclusion and summary.
Once the conclusion is written, improve the style: check the length of the sentences and specify the vocabulary for example. Attention also to the language register used, it must be adapted to the rest of the memory (neither too commonplace nor too pompous).

An open conclusion?

Write an interesting conclusion to read: if it consists only of banalities and things already said in development, it will devalue your work. Remember to finish on an opening that would further push your thinking ...
If you have an interesting idea that extends your work and raises questions related to your conclusions, go for it! The opening shows that your thinking does not stop there, that you realize that the answers to your problematic raise other questions.
On the other hand, do not make an opening if you feel it is too weak or you have no idea. The risk is to finish your memory on a weak questioning, which will discredit your work.

Tip: Is your conclusion effective?

Already, start by re-reading yourself and modify all your sentences that are too long or too complicated. Your reader arrives at the end of a long attentive reading, his attention is altered, so spare him!
Here is a handy test to find out if your memory finding is effective and relevant: print 2 copies, and give them to read to a person who does not know the subject of your memoir at all, and to someone who knows him well. pretty good.
If your conclusion is successful,he must speak to each other as well ...