Essay Writing- The art of writing essays

Monday, November 30, 2009

Many of us like essays. We like reading essays and also we have a special interest in writing essays. The word “essay” has been originated from the French word “essai” which means effort, attempt.

Many of us might have written essay on some other day. In school days many of us might have participated in essay writing competitions. Essay writing improves the usage of language. This makes us to develop innovative ideas. Essay writing makes people more familiar with the language; it keeps us close to the language. Essay writing is a platform where we can express our views on the topics. Essay makes creative thinking on the topic on which the essay is being written and also makes the writer to analyze the topic in all possible directions. You can write your own point of view on any topic that you might have heard, seen or read. You can write an essay with controversy of some other writers by having a reasonable controversy.

Essay denotes your way of thinking, your feelings, your personality and also your life position too. Many find it interest in writing essays, some express their ideas and opinions boldly and clearly while some writers found it hard to convey their ideas.

Essay writing is being implemented from school level itself in order to make the students familiar with the language and also to make the students to develop their thinking ability. To develop the interest of writing essay in students many essay writing competitions are being conducted by many institutions. Generally we have different types of essays. We have academic essay, argumentative essay, cause and effect essay, comparison essay, informal essay, narrative essay, personal essay, research essay, etc…

Generally we have to remember some points while writing essays. First we have to note down the key points on the topic on which we are going to write the essay. Then, we have to arrange the key points in an order according to their preference. Your use of language must be simple that means the language used must be easily understandable. At the same time your way of conveying message must not get effected with the language you use. You have to use the effective key words to make your essay effective.

Your way of conveying the message must be in a proper way. The message must be conveyed in levels. First you have to start your essay with low level key points, which makes the user familiar with your essay and he can get an idea about your essay. After using the low level, you can switch over to the high level key points in steps without affecting the flow.

While writing an academic essay keep the key points in mind and arrange the key points in order, and briefly explain the key points.
While writing personal essay, first make your reader to know what message is being conveyed in the essay within the first lines. So that you can discuss the topic well in detail within the essay and you can convey your message effectively.

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