create a new outlook on your reasoning behind your essay. Quite often, the
conclusion is more important than the essay’s other portions.
#1: Echoing
Echoing your thoughts of your paper is a good way to bring your reader back
around to your main idea of your essay. This could be useful by echoing the
thoughts presented in your introductory paragraph and providing connections to
your essay to create a new understanding of your essay.
Types of essays that may include Echoing Conclusions:
● Persuasive essay
● Descriptive essay
● Narrative essay
● Expository essay
● Literature Review
● Lab Report
Example written by Randa Holewa
Introduction
From the parking lot, I could see the towers of the castle of the Magic Kingdom
standing stately against the blue sky. To the right, the tall peak of The Matterhorn
rose even higher. From the left, I could hear the jungle sounds of Adventureland. As
I entered the gate, Main Street stretched before me with its quaint shops evoking
an old-fashioned small town so charming it could never have existed. I was
entranced. Disneyland may have been built for children, but it brings out the child
in adults.
Conclusion
I thought I would spend a few hours at Disneyland, but here I was at 1:00 A.M.,
closing time, leaving the front gates with the now dark towers of the Magic Kingdom
behind me. I could see tired children, toddling along and struggling to keep their
eyes open as best they could. Others slept in their parents' arms as we waited for
the parking lot tram that would take us to our cars. My forty-year-old feet ached,
and I felt a bit sad to think that in a couple of days I would be leaving California, my
vacation over, to go back to my desk. But then I smiled to think that for at least a