For the town in France, see Essay, Orne.

An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an author's personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. Essays are usually brief works in prose, but works in verse are sometimes dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1711) and An Essay on Man (1733-1734)). Many voluminous and famous works refer to themselves as essays (e.g. John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)).

Virtually anything may be the subject of an essay. Topics may include actual happenings, issues of human life, morality, ethics, religion and many others. An essay is, by definition, a work of non-fiction, and is often expository.

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After a couple of days of merriment it's difficult to sit and write five essays for an ethics final exam.
kurtchris (Kurt Christopher) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:36:57 -0000
After a couple of days of merriment it's difficult to sit and write five essays for an ethics final exam.
in less than a week I'm going to be back at uni writing essays. What a depressing thought. can I rewind 3-4 days please?! :-(
_JessMurphy_ (Jessica Murphy) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:33:04 -0000
in less than a week I'm going to be back at uni writing essays. What a depressing thought. can I rewind 3-4 days please?! :-(
college essays >_> leonymaes coming over today (:
Shaeman111 (Shaden Pate) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:26:12 -0000
college essays >_> leonymaes coming over today (:
writing college essays... transferring can be so exhausting!
rigotek (Rodrigo Santos) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:25:55 -0000
writing college essays... transferring can be so exhausting!
RT @stephiemalvern: @gedrobinson how you getting on with my Jekyll/Hyde essays?!
gedrobinson (Ged Robinson) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:25:08 -0000
RT @stephiemalvern: @gedrobinson how you getting on with my Jekyll/Hyde essays?! <err... shush i'm concentrating. ;-)
Hope you guys are working on your essays!! Enjoy your break!!
MrHmbhs (Mr H) Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:23:12 -0000
Hope you guys are working on your essays!! Enjoy your break!!

 

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