what is essay?

An Essay is a short written article which expresses the writer’s or author’s personal views on particular matter. It is a literary form of writing. Such author expresses his or her ideas, which are researched and with basis to the real world. Anyways, since yo will be starting to learn how to write essay, let as might as well discuss the structure of an essay.
The introduction in an essay is different from those ordinary articles and letters . At the beginning you should directly start on an stimulating topic which target the objective or the topic you want to discuss. State directly your stand on the matter providing strong supporting details on your stand.
The third and succeeding paragraph should contain the discourse about your objective why you stand that way and so on. Cite examples when necessary to clearly emphasize your idea and to make more comprehensible that even a layman can understand. Actually, it should be written in a layman’s term so as not to be misunderstood.
And for the conclusion, you can state again an specific teaser from the first paragraph relating to your main objective. Or, you can cite comparisons giving emphasis that your idea is the best option based on what had been disclosed over the previous paragraphs.
It sound hard, but is not. Anyone can learn how to write an informative essay. You only need to read other’s essays and study their structures why such an author came up on how he or she discloses the idea presented.