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What is an essay?
An essay is a long piece of writing and it is written in paragraphs. An essay can have many purposes, but the basic structure is the same no matter what. You may be writing anessay to argue for a particular point of view or to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Either way, your essay will have the same basic format. If you follow a few simple steps, you will findthat the essay almost writes itself. You will be responsible only for supplying ideas, which are the important part of the essay anyway
How do you elaborate it?
An essay consists of three majorparts:
* the introduction
* the main body
* the conclusion

The introduction and the conclusion, although very important, are often relatively short. The bulk of an essay, both in form andsubstance, is contained in the main body.
The introduction is intended to lead the reader into the topic and clarify what the essay will specifically deal with. It usually consists of one paragraph,but this depends on the length of the essay and the amount of background information the context requires. The introduction will contain a key sentence (or, if necessary, more than one).
The main bodydeals with the major ideas that support the statement. Each main idea is presented in a separate paragraph and developed with supporting ideas in the form of explanations, definitions, or similar,and illustrated with examples where appropriate or necessary.
The conclusion brings the reader back to the purpose of the essay and draws all the points together before making a final comment on theresult of the discussion/argument. Often this final comment will point towards some consequence the discussion may have for the future or make some observation about what the discussionhas revealed on a general level.

Ultimately an essay will show a progression from a general level (in the introduction) down to the specific (the statement and body) and back up to the general...
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