What’s an essay?

An essay is a written composition that is combined of three main parts. There are three steps in writing an essay. One you have to work out what you’re writing about. Two you have to go brainstorm ideas and discuss them. Three you should go through all of your ideas and separate the good ones from the bad ones.


There are three main parts of an essay. There’s the introduction the body and then the conclusion. The introduction is the outline of the essay it states what the essay is going to be about. The body are several paragraphs that are on different ideas. The conclusion wraps up not just the essay but it brings all your ideas to a close.


You should make an essay plan before starting to write your essay. That way you know not just what’s needed in it but also what you would like to include. Also a good plan is to make sure you know the rules of writing an essay before you write one. Here are some really important rules you should know always one idea per paragraph, make sure that you link your paragraphs together, you will need a topic sentence witch is usually at the beginning and make sure each of your paragraphs only contain one point.


There are a few types of essays such as opinion discuss, compare, contrast or explain. If your essay is supposed to be on your opinion make sure that you put thought into it. If in your essay you are supposed to discuss make sure that you consider everyone’s voice. If you are supposed to compare and contrast in your essay try to find facts that are on the same subject but slightly different. If you are writing an essay and you are supposed to explain your subject make sure to find good information.


Some tips that I think would be very useful when writing an essay are when doing your plan make sure to organize your essay. Once you are done writing your first draft review it. While writing an essay make sure to be constantly using spell check. If you can read aloud to make sure your essay is not just good in your head but also on the paper. Make sure before you hand in your essay that there is a title and that your essay answers all the questions that were supposed to be answered in your essay.

By: Shane Rozen-Delman