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1. essays

   An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc.Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills; admission essays are often used by universities in selecting applicants, and in the humanities and social sciences essays are often used as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other media beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary filmmaking styles and focuses more on the evolution of a theme or idea. A photographic essay covers a topic with a linked series of photographs that may have accompanying text or captions.

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1. Essays

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1. Essays

   The Essays of Michel de Montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of variable length. Montaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the Essays over the period from approximately 1570 to 1592 was to record for the 'private benefit of friends and kinsmen ... some traits of my character and of my humours.' The Essays were first published in 1580 and cover a wide range of topics. As Essai is French for "trial" or "attempt", so Montaigne attempted to explore his thoughts, his life and learning in written form. His essays are widely regarded as the predecessor of the modern essay: a focused treatment of issues, events and concerns past, present and future.

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1. Essays

   Works consisting of collections of papers or interpretive literary compositions not previously published.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of essays in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of essays in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of essays in a Sentence

1. Lenny Bruce:

   I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to be if I grow up.

2. Emily Pankhurst:

   I was going through an extremely stressful time, trying to complete deadlines for essays and everything on top of me, i started complaining of fatigue, high temperature and constant headaches, which I believed were stress-related. However, down below I noticed abnormal discharge appear straight after my regular period.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The reliance on property is...the want of self-reliance. Men measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property...(Essays)

4. Deng Yuwen:

   He has basically not publicly released any political essays in recent years.

5. Margaret Fuller:

   Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/essays
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=essays