Conclusions

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Conclusions

• Restating the thesis statement
• The damage from this hurricane to buildings and
  power lines in Charlotte was the worst in over
  one hundred years. It took the city almost one
  month to get back to normal, and some of the
  effects can still be seen today.

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Conclusions

• Summary
• The effects of Hurricane Hugo were devastating to
  the city many buildings were so damaged that it
  took a month or more to repair them, and power
  lines were not back to normal until four weeks
  after the disaster. Some of the effects can still
  be seen even today.

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Conclusions

• Question
• A hurricane as strong as Hugo only hits the
  Charlotte area once in a hundred years, so the
  destruction that Charlotte experienced during
  Hugo was hopefully an exceptional event. Still,
  can it happen again in our lifetime? And will the
  city and its citizens be better prepared?

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Conclusions

• Quotation
• The destructive results of Hurricane Hugo were
  summed up neatly by the Charlotte Observer which
  stated two weeks after the disaster, Our city
  which thought itself immune has been humbled by
  the power of nature.

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Other conclusions

• Anecdote
• Dramatic narrative (dramatic entrance)
• Figurative language
• Poetry
• (Key climactic point)
• (First explicit thesis statement)