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paragraphs adhering to a singular point of view. When you change sides or open up your
point of view in the conclusion, your reader becomes less inclined to believe your
original argument.
By apologizing for your opinion or stating that you know it is tough to digest, you are in
fact admitting that even you know what you have discussed is irrelevant or
unconvincing. You do not want your readers to feel this way. Effective writers stand by
their thesis statement and do not stray from it.
Exercise 3
On a separate sheet of a paper, restate your thesis from Note 8.52 "Exercise 2" of this
section and then make some general concluding remarks. Next, compose a final
emphatic statement. Finally, incorporate what you have written into a strong conclusion
paragraph for your essay.
Collaboration
Please share with a classmate and compare your answers
Mariah incorporates some of these pointers into her conclusion. She has paraphrased
her thesis statement in the first sentence.
Tip
Make sure your essay is balanced by not having an excessively long or short introduction
or conclusion. Check that they match each other in length as closely as possible, and try
to mirror the formula you used in each. Parallelism strengthens the message of your
essay.