The concept of essay:

An essay is a paper writing service of small volume and free composition, in

which a private topic is described and individual impressions and reflections

on this topic are set forth. L.P. Krysin's "Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign

Words" defines an essay as "an essay treating some problems not in a

systematic scientific form, but in free form.

"The Great Encyclopedic Dictionary" gives this definition: "An essay is

a genre of philosophical, literary-critical, historical-biographical, and

publicistic prose, combining an emphasized individual position of the author

with a relaxed, often paradoxical narration, oriented to colloquial speech."

"The Concise Literary Encyclopedia" specifies: "An essay is a prose

work of small length and free composition, treating a private subject and

presenting an attempt to convey individual impressions and considerations

connected in one way or another with it."

The characteristics of an essay are:

1. Presence of a concrete topic or question.

2. personal character of perception and comprehension of the problem.

3. Small volume.

4. Free composition.

5. Relaxed narrative.

6. Paradoxicality.

7. Internal semantic unity.

8. Structure of the essay:

introductio thesis (own thought)

arguments(facts, examples from life, opinions of scientists, quotations,

scientific proofs)

conclusion.

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Some recommendations for writing an essay:

1. Begin by clearly and concisely expressing your own position: "I agree with

this opinion," "I cannot agree with this statement," "There are things in this

statement that I agree with and things that I find controversial," etc.

2. Already in the next sentence, it is appropriate to formulate an

understanding of the statement that became the topic of the essay, so that

the examiners will be convinced that you understand the topic.

3. the topic is a condition of the problem, in which it is necessary to think

and constantly come back to it and reread.

4. It is important to find out what social science problem is encoded in the

topic. You need to see it and give your opinion based on the social science

terms and concepts of the course.

5. Try to find a spectacular phrase or quotation with which to begin or end

the essay.

6. It is important to write in short sentences. Question marks and

exclamation points can be used appropriately. The essay should be

emotionally charged.

Criteria: 1) understanding of the essence of the problem raised; 2)

logical disclosure of the topic; 3) ability to draw conclusions and

generalizations; 4) independence of judgments, originality of the solution of

the problem, argumentativeness of the point of view; 5) literacy of the use

of social science material and conceptual apparatus.

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