Essay about an Essay

What is an essay?- By Maayan Fadida 6B

An essay is a written composition on any subject, usually presenting the personal view of the writer. Today I will be talking about what an essay is, the three parts of an essay and how to plan and essay. These few basic steps that I am going to say later on in my essay are helpful and used for school, jobs and more.


The three parts of essays are introduction, body and conclusion. The introduction is the starting point of the essay. It is supposed to catch the reader and make them want to read more. The body is made up of separate paragraphs and in every paragraph there is a different idea or point. The conclusion is supposed to bring the essay to a nice and complete stop but you’re not really summarizing the whole entire essay inside of it. You are supposed to summarize the essay and restate the thesis.

Before every paragraph you are supposed to have a topic sentence. The topic sentence is for the reader and the writer to know, what is going to be in the paragraph after reading or writing the first line. Before you hand in you essay you should read it out loud or let someone else read it for punctuation and conventions. The different types of essays are opinion- share your opinion, discuss- discuss the topic, explain- explain what it is about, comparing- compare the topic with another and contrasting.


To plan an essay you have to start with analyzing the topic, brainstorming all your crazy ideas and choosing what relate to your topic. You should always plan out your ideas on a piece of paper. So, in your first draft all of your ideas are organized and you know what goes where. The key to writing an essay is 1. Find a subject that interests you (or that is chosen for you) 2. What do you have to say about this subject? 3. Develop your idea or ideas in an organized way.

So all of you that are reading this are probably wondering why I wrote an essay about an essay. It’s because knowing how to write a proper essay is very helpful and useful because when you get older you have to write more essays for school. So, you have to know how to write one properly and correctly. I hope you this essay really summed up to you really what an essay is and I hope you sucked all of those steps that make up a good essay.