essay

Examples

• All

• An essay on Desdemona's role in Othello.

  Melinda and Melinda (2004)

• And he asked us to write an essay on time.

• Now you could write a whole essay on this video.

• Well, I read her latest essay in magazine and it's changed my life.

  The Laureate (2023)

• What is the subject of your essay?

  Thank You for Smoking (2005)

• So how do you write an essay and what's, what's your process?

• Well, I would like for you to write an essay, 500 words or more about certain lessons you've learned.

  Manny & Lo (1996)

• Did you ever read Charles Lamb's essay on roast pig?

  Hitler's Children (1943)

• The first one is Paul Graham's essay on conformism.

  The Knowledge Project Podcast

• For her final project, she decided to write a essay on the impact of climate change.

Synonyms

T

theme

vsessay

22 3.5

A short school essay on a particular topic

is a short personal argument used beyond school assignments

P

piece of writing

vsessay

• Specialized

9 2.1

A text that a person makes to share ideas, feelings, or stories

is a short argumentative personal text rather than any general authored work

T

think piece

vsessay

• Literature

1 6.8

An article in a newspaper or magazine that gives opinions to start a discussion

is more broadly about a personal argument rather than public provocation

O

op-ed

vsessay

• Literature

1 5.2

Describes writing that gives one person's opinion, not the newspaper's official view

is a short personal argument not written as a newspaper column

C

compo

vsessay

• Slang

9.3

A short essay students write for class or homework

is a short general piece presenting an author's personal argument

Compounds

E

essay mill

1 7.8

A business that sells essays for students to hand in as their own work

How Long

treatise

• Formal

19 8.4

feature article

• Literature

3 3.8

article

• Literature

∞ 1.0

essay

481 2.8

note

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology