There are essays about any topic. The range of topics for the genre of ESSAY is varied beyond belief. Just as the topics for any given essay in any given writing class are varied, so are the lengths, the audiences, and the formats.
Essays are brief, non-fiction compositions that describe, clarify, argue, or analyze a subject. It is typically written to try to persuade the reader using selected research evidence. You might encounter essay assignments in any school subject and at any level of the school, from a personal experience ‘vacation’ essay in middle school to a complex analysis of a scientific process in graduate school.
What Are The Parts Of An Essay?
The parts of an essay consist of the introductory paragraph or introduction, the body paragraphs, and the concluding paragraph.
- The introductory paragraph accomplishes three purposes: it captures the reader’s interest, it suggests the importance of the essay’s topic, and it ends with a thesis. An introduction gives the reader an idea of what they are about to learn and presents an argument in the form of a thesis statement
- Each body paragraph begins with a topic sentence. If the thesis contains multiple points or assertions, each body paragraph should support or justify them, preferably in the order of the assertions originally stated in the thesis. Thus, the topic sentence for the first body paragraph will refer to the first point in the thesis sentence and the topic sentence for the second body paragraph will refer to the second point in the thesis sentence.
- Everybody paragraph uses specific details, such as anecdotes, comparisons and contrasts, definitions, examples, expert opinions, explanations, facts, and statistics to support and develop the claim that its topic sentence makes.
- The concluding paragraph usually restates the thesis and leaves the reader something about the topic to think about. If appropriate, it may do one of the following four items: issue a call to act, give a warning or piece of advice, predict the future, or evaluate the topic at hand