8 Important Essay Writing Skills You Need to Know
The word "essay," originally from the French language but ultimately derived from the Latin exagium, has made its way into the English language (weighing). The French word ezzai may be directly translated into the English words experience, try, attempt, sketch, and essay. Essays are works of free composition and brief length that communicate the author's personal response to a subject or event rather than the author's effort to give a scientific study of the subject at hand. An essay can be of a philosophical, literary-critical, historical-biographical, or journalistic nature; however, what distinguishes an essay from other types of writing is…