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What is an essay? An essay is a short piece of writing on a particular subject in a lucid, readable, and understandable manner. The word essay means, literally, an attempt. The essays you write at schools or colleges are trial exercises or attempts to express your thought in good English. Why essay writing is important to learn? There are three important reasons you must learn the art of essay writing 1. The ability to read and write, think, organize ideas, and communicate efficiently is an art. 2. It encourages you to develop a formal and disciplined approach to writing that communicates clearly and with authority. 3. It gives you a focus on exploring and consolidating what you are learning. The five important characteristics of an ESSAY : 1. Unity 2. Order 3. Concise 4. Style 5. Personal Touch How to structure an essay? An essay is divided into three sections. Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. Each section is divided into one or more paragraphs. The seven steps to write an essay are : 1. Define your subject in your mind. 2. Think and jot all the points that are coming into the mind. 3. organize these points into suitable headings 4. arrange these headings as per the standard structure of the essay i.e, Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. 5. With help of the points, start creating an outline of the paragraph. 6. With help of the outlines, start filling the paragraph. 7. Revise, Edit, and Write the final copy. Exercise : Write an essay on the life story of Mahatma Gandhi. For a detailed understanding of essay writing, please watch the entire video. Please watch the videos from below Playlist for understanding Various Grammar and Writing Topics: Writing Skills https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGa3qqm6GS98sMsBqkQy5-a All about Modal Verbs | Defective Verbs | Auxiliary Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2rKXa3FOZ4&t=1s Can vs Could | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnNjUjQh24 May vs Might | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyGKN3DKcAQ&t=79s Will vs Would | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKprZiA0dgs shall vs should | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVBxV-0QZSM&t=86s must vs ought to | Similarity | Differences | Modal Verbs | Examples | Exercise | Pat 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLysLebzsS4&t=42s Active and Passive Voice video links : Active vs Passive Voice | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXQkFacZvS4&list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHpKWcK9k9Fl-_7k7N9D4WK&index=1 Convert Active Voice to Passive Voice | Eight types | Based on Tenses | Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXNFyY7xe8I How to convert active to passive voice | Interrogative Sentence | Seven Steps | Part 3 | Examples | Exercise | part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh4u-VxjETA Convert active to passive voice | Interrogative Sentence | WH Words | Part 4 | Examples | Exercise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iMo_49fztY&t=221s Grammar Basics | Parts of Speech | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHIcdGPq4TtfPxRm873Bh0r Tenses | Advanced Grammar | Animated videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfF8BR44-taFznyxImfsuvEa Active Passive Voice | English Grammar https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHpKWcK9k9Fl-_7k7N9D4WK Grammar Basics | Sentences https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfE7QJR40Pm-9MuW5CXyDsrl Direct Indirect Speech | Advanced Grammar https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGK9jc6rkckbkZd-c8EWN0I Important Grammar Lessons https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHL0qO1S4GGEmHEHnL5-2vI Articles In English https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHwLBbn0tS9JVJ3-ANKEzmZ Figure of Speech https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGWiCV-iK2DZyOFTSiRr15b Exam Preparation Tips https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfHkvD8makTKG5yiXZJESoMX Subject-Verb Agreement https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfEJ7dC3Jmo9msElpH1nop46 Modifiers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfo9NXs6ZfGWh1EmjHTEeTr_VI6VkJ0x
