1.  Essay is a short piece of composition written in a writer’s point of view.  Essay is derived from the French word essayer meaning “to try”.  Aldous Huxley, a lead essayist define essay as a literary device that is used to say almost everything about anything.  THREE WORLDS IN WHICH ESSAY LIVES ACCORDING TO ALDOUS HUXLEY Personal- based on the essayist’s own experience. Objective- based on the essayist’s definition on a subject. Abstract-universal- neither personal nor objective. Hiding what the essay is about.

2.  A good essay should provide an introduction, a body of the essay and a conclusion.  STAGES OF ESSAY WRITING Prewriting Writing Editing Publishing  FOUR MAJOR TYPES OF ESSAYS Narrative essay Descriptive essay Expository essay Argumentative essay

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