Question

1. typically, what should the concluding paragraph of your essay do?

provide more supporting evidence
tug on the readers heartstrings with emotional language
restate and expand on your claim
repeat your claim statement word for word

Explanation:

The concluding paragraph of an essay should not just provide more evidence (that's for body paragraphs) or repeat the claim word - for - word (which is redundant). While emotional language can be part of it, its main purpose is to restate and expand on the claim. It ties together the main points made in the essay and gives a sense of closure by showing how the ideas support the overall claim in a more comprehensive way.

Answer:

restate and expand on your claim