While the University of Chicago says there is no strict word limit on its supplemental essays, other schools prefer brevity.

Your essay's conclusion is where you draw all your ideas together and summarise your answer to the question. Learn how to write a conclusion to a literature essay in this Bitesize English video ...

Why are conclusions necessary for every write-up? For one thing, your reader can find in the concluding paragraph a summation of what the entire essay has been about.

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Celebrate 15 August with our Independence Day essays in English and Hindi, from short 10-line versions to detailed long ...