LessonsSupplementary Integrated Rhetoric Workshop: Text Analysis, Stylistic Revision and Worked ApplicationsQuiz

حُسْنُ الِانْتِهَاءِ
A fitting and effective ending.

An invented address ends by summarizing its aim and offering a relevant prayer, producing closure. Opening an unrelated subject immediately afterward can undo that sense of completion.

It does not follow that any prayer guarantees a fine ending. Prayer, praise, or hope must suit the audience, topic, preceding movement, and final tone.

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Case 27: Why opening a new issue weakens an ending

Supplementary Integrated Rhetoric Workshop: Text Analysis, Stylistic Revision and Worked Applications

حُسْنُ الِانْتِهَاءِ
A fitting and effective ending.

An invented address ends by summarizing its aim and offering a relevant prayer, producing closure. Opening an unrelated subject immediately afterward can undo that sense of completion.

It does not follow that any prayer guarantees a fine ending. Prayer, praise, or hope must suit the audience, topic, preceding movement, and final tone.