THE MOLAR EXPRESS

An effective conclusion should review the meaning of your speech in a summary statement, provide a sense of closure, leave the audience with final reflections on the significance of the speech, and, if appropriate, motivate listeners to act.
Techniques that are useful for conclusions include echoing the introduction, involving the audience, asking questions, closing with a quotation, telling a story, and ending with a metaphor. Your speech will seem more symmetrical and satisfying if your conclusion ties into your introduction.
Using Transitions, Effective transitions point up the relationships among ideas in your speech and tie the speech together. Internal summaries remind listeners of the points you have made in one part of your speech before you move on to another.