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Originally Posted by nyggus  Hi all,
I don't need to hear the dictionary definitions - those I can learn from dictionaries. What I want to is learn how you see what an essay actually is. Is it rather a personal piece of writing, showing an author's point of view, or more the objective picture of a topic? Is it rather a shorter piece of writing or its length makes no difference? Is anything else coming to your mind right now?
Please share your ideas and thoughts and comments with me. I want to know how you, people, understand what an essay is, but not what its definition states.
I will be grateful for any replies, including those from learners and teachers, readers and writers, young and experienced. Anyone.
Thanks in advance,
Nyggus  |
Surely that depends on the context for the essay? Essays can be highly personal or utterly objective, depending on the intentions of the author. Length is relatively irrelevant - some great essays are really quite short, others are lengthy.
Do you have your own view on this?