The main purpose behind writing a conclusion is to reaffirm the main argument that has been presented. A good conclusion always makes the reader recall what the strengths of the argument were. It restates the most crucial evidence that supports the argument.


However, a conclusion must not serve as simply a repetition of the summary since that might substantially reduce the potential influence that the argument you are making could have on the reader. Rather, the conclusion should be able to aptly repeat the thesis in such a manner that, it persuasively convinces the reader of the validity of your argument, given that the reader has already been presented with all the relevant information pertaining to your topic. But, in any case the conclusion should match with the ideas presented in the Introduction.

Depending upon the field or discipline to which you belong to, the conclusion paragraph may also have a certain reflection of the essay’s thesis. However, care must be taken that you don’t end up introducing any new ideas or new information, for that should only be in the body of the essay.

The conclusion must predominantly be able to answer some of the following questions:

• What is the long term impact that your findings are going to make?
• What are some of the constraints that the approach you have used, may be bound to?
• Are there any elements that are relevant to the impact of the topic, however you left them out on account of them being out of the scope of your essay?
• What are some of the recommendations that you would like to give to the future researchers?

Here is how an essay can be concluded:

Essay Question:

Could the British have been able to control the mutiny of 1857, had it not been for extreme measures employed to crush it?

CONCLUSION:

“The many forces that had gathered to break from the shackles of British Raaj during the years 1857-58, enjoyed enormous support among the Indian public. Moreover, the sentiment to reinstate the Mughals was quite high among the rebel soldiers, accompanied by the various rulers of the princely states, Nawab’s and landowners. The execution of rebels contributed to the demoralizing of the rebels, forcing many of them to surrender. The mutiny would have been difficult to dissipate, had the British not used extreme measures such as hangings, not taking any prisoners as well as exiling the leaders of the mutiny”