Concluding your paper

In the same way that an introduction is an upside down triangle, your conclusion is a right side up triangle: It begins by restating your thesis and opens the concept up to other ways the reader can connect with it. Follow these steps:

1. Restate the thesis in a NEW way--do not repeat you true thesis statement. In one or a tw osentences, reword it. (1-2 sentences)

2. Then begin to connect the thesis to the reader--would the reader of your paper identify with Odysseus? Would the reader learn a lesson from the Odyssey? (1-3 sentences)

3. End with a thought provoking statement, or a call to action on behalf of the opinion proved. (should everyone read the Odyssey? Can you make your reader think about whether or not the Odyssey is an important piece of literature?

Odyssey Crossword Hints...

Crossword Hints:

• Sometimes Helios is AKA “Hyperion”
• For almost every answer, use the spelling in the textbook.
• However, Tiresias is sometimes spelled as “Teiresias”
• Also, Lastrygonians can be spelled “Laestrygonians”
• Finally, when he visited the Underworld, Odysseus saw one of his old crew members, named Elpinor.

Quote Integration

When you combine your writing with a line from the text, you have to include the following:

• A transition phrase, to let the reader know you're going to give an example or proof.
• The speaker of the quote, or
• The situation the quote is taken from (Does the reader need to know where the speaker is? What is happening?)
• Quotation marks around the words taken directly from the text.
• The page number, in parenthesis, after the quote and before the period.

Examples:

For Example, on Aeaea, Odysseus tells Circe, "I cannot eat without my men" (985). This shows his loyalty to his men and eventually, she does free them.

Odysseus learns to be wise throughout his journey. Athena tells the reader, "When Odysseus turned down Kalypso's gift of immortality, I knew tha this guile had matured into wisdom" (56).

Odysseus shows pride when he reveals his name to the Cyclops. He yells, "If ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye" (911).