Many of our articles and guides frequently refer to essay writing, so to simplify this, we have collated our best essay writing skills and techniques into one section to assist students and teachers in learning the fundamentals of writing a wide variety of essays, learning the essential elements of all essays and even provide some activities and resource to help you along the way.
WHAT IS AN ESSAY?
Defining an essay is challenging as it crosses many genres and elements of writing. Still, in simple terms, an essay is a piece of writing allowing the author to state an argument, justify their position on a topic, express their emotions, and interpret information, facts and procedures.
The term essay comes from the Latin word ‘exagium’, meaning the presentation of a case or, as we may more commonly say “stating your case.”
When writing a high-quality essay, it should be considered your definitive opportunity to have your say on something of meaning and purpose to you so make every word count by following our step-by-step guides below.
ESSAY WRITING SKILLS
GUIDES FOR SPECIFIC ESSAY TYPES
TEACHING RESOURCES AND LESSONS TO SUPPORT ESSAY WRITING
Don’t forget that we have loads of essay writing prompts and loads of essay resources and tools you can download today and use with your students.