Essay Writing - Part 3

3rd Speaker concluding paragraph 10-15 lines

• This paragraph does not just repeat the points you have made: this is where many students come adrift
• Rather, this is an opportunity to clinch your argument: so you want something persuasive to finish on
• My suggestion is that you bring in either a simple case study, a powerful example or, a telling quotation that encapsulates your whole argument
• These are the last arguments the examiner will read, and they will leave a lasting impression

This is what a strong conclusion might look like

In the end analysis, the question of the impact for the Australian economy of a

sustained appreciation of the Australian dollar is a somewhat ‘plastic’ scenario as it fails to take into account the interventions that are available to a modern

developing economy. Zac Miller commenting on a Financial Times findings on

the disparity between the appreciation of the Euro by 40% against the American dollar since 2002, and the gains by emerging market currencies of only 17%, has this to say: “For various technical reasons, currency appreciation is now being looked at by emerging country governments and central banks as a way to battle inflation. The article cites that last April, the Reserve Bank of India allowed the rupee to appreciate, to aid its inflation-fighting efforts, and since then, the currency has strengthened by 14 percent.”

(Zack Miller is the managing editor of Israel Newsletter.com

and a former equity analyst for a leading multinational hedgefund)

The real question, then, as Miller poignantly remarks, is “ How best to play these emerging market currencies?” (ibid)