 My name's Grace, and you're watching How to Write a Conclusion Paragraph. You can think of a conclusion paragraph like a triangle. The tip of the triangle is a beefier restatement of your thesis. At the beginning of your paper, your thesis probably introduced some ideas that you further developed in your body paragraphs. Your restatement should include these more developed and interesting claims. It shouldn't just be a bland paraphrase of your thesis. However, you don't need to include specific evidence since we just read about it in your body paragraphs. At the base of the triangle, you have your so what. The point of the so what section is to emphasize to the reader why the topic of your essay is important and to inspire them to maybe explore the topic themselves. I mean, anybody can write a paper about anything. You can go tap to tap on your computer and just write papers all day long. But what's the point of writing papers? Or why did your professor want you to write it? What are the implications of your topic for society or for human behavior? If you're writing a science paper, maybe what are the implications for future research or what research gaps still need to be addressed? The so what should answer some or all of these questions, and it gives your position on the importance of the topic. By the time you reach the so what, you should be talking about the theme of your essay without talking about the essay itself. How do you do that? Well, the middle of the triangle is where you go broader and broader until you get from the restatement of the thesis to the so what. You can start off by continuing to talk about your thesis and then gradually ease in some of those broader implications. For example, if you're writing a literary analysis paper, you can reintroduce the themes you discussed in your body paragraphs, but instead of talking about them in the context of maybe the characters or the setting, talk about how these themes function in our society, or maybe how you experience them. Hands down, my favorite part of writing an essay is the conclusion, because it's the cool part where you get to reveal the invisible thread that's kind of weaving together all your ideas. Decide your perspective on the topic, use a little bit of creativity, and show your reader why they should care about your essay.