This document discusses strategies for writing conclusions in research papers. It provides guidelines on what an effective conclusion should include, such as stressing the importance of the thesis statement and giving the essay a sense of completeness. It also discusses different strategies for conclusions, such as echoing the introduction, challenging the reader, or looking to the future. The document notes that conclusions should not simply summarize the paper and should avoid phrases like "in conclusion." It describes two types of conclusions - ones that establish a sense of closure and ones that close the discussion without closing it off entirely.