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End an essay with afterthought

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Alfred Yiu is here to help you get through your exams. A graduate of the University of Hong Kong, he has 15 years' experience in tutoring students for HKCEE and A-level exams and has also written English textbooks.

No matter which method (there were four as mentioned last time) you use to wrap up your essay, a sensible afterthought always works wonders. To many of you, however, it is not easy to come up with a good and relevant afterthought. You are advised to read more newspapers in order to have your own afterthoughts for different subjects.

Let's see how appealing a good afterthought can make a conclusion.

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Sample 1 on World Peace:

Young people hold the key to the future. The key can open a door to world peace. If young people are determined to have peace, it is neither far nor near nor nowhere. It is now and here.

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Sample 2 on Opportunities to Use English Outside School:

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