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The essay is a fairly new genre for modern pupils and students.

The practice of essay writing in educational institutions became widespread only at the end of the 20th century. You can read more about it if you sign up for an online service which is called Studybay .

At the moment, every school pupil should be able to create an essay on literature. To do this, it is necessary to know exactly the basic signs of the genre, the peculiarities of essay construction, work according to the given algorithm. Writing an essay helps to develop creative thinking, the ability to express your own thoughts competently, to express a personal opinion.

Essay: peculiarities of the genreTo write an essay on literature, you will need to know all the basic features of the genre. An essay is a piece of prose, usually of short format. You will be asked to create a short text in which you need to express your personal attitude to the problem, your opinion about the work.

It is important to introduce something new, to reflect your own view of things. Pay attention to the peculiarities of essays.

• The title of an essay is not necessarily logically connected with the text and expresses the main theme. You can say in it about the relationship of the part and the whole, conclude in it the starting point of reflection, ask a rhetorical question.
• In this genre, it is not necessary to give a rational analysis of the work, give evidence and arguments, consider the cause-and-effect chains.
• The essay is a free composition. Do not try to create a clear structure consisting of an introduction, main part and conclusion. The whole text is your author's thoughts and reasoning. But do not forget about the internal logic of the narrative: the reader should be able to understand your thoughts, get acquainted with your opinion and the course of reasoning.
• Express your thoughts freely, use artistic means. Try to embody in the text of your individual author's style.
• The main thing in the essay on literature - the personality of the author. Try to find an original idea, reveal a problem in a non-standard way.
• Write an essay in a given speech style: alternate problematic issues and polemical statements, create a narrative dynamics, use colloquial vocabulary, reflect intonational nuances.
• Like any essay, the essay should be written competently. Observe the norms of the Russian language, make sure of the unity of style, the integrity of the text and the interconnectedness of its parts.
• Try to create an interesting text that can provoke a discussion, provoke the reader into a dialogue, an argument.Consider all the features of the essay, then you will write a text that corresponds to this genre. Watch more here: https://youtu.be/cGTmWZfZUWE