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Arousing the Reader’s Emotions
Good conclusions can also move readers by appealing to their emotions. Because your conclusion restates and
extends your thesis by offering a new understanding, and because you want your essay to end with impact, it makes
sense to write a memorable ending. One of the best ways to do that is through emotion. The conclusion to the
Dumbo essay, for example, touches our emotions by making us think about how we may have let negative beliefs
about ourselves dictate who we have become. At the same time, it inspires us by suggesting that we have the power
to change ourselves if we have a negative self-image.