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An essay is a relatively short essay on a certain topic. That said, the word "essay" itself means "attempt" or "sample." Thus, all assignment help reviews are short commetnswritten by someone who is trying to research a certain topic or make sense of a certain issue.

Why write an essay at all?

In most cases, students only write essays because it is required of them by their professors. Consequently, students believe that essays are needed primarily to demonstrate their own knowledge. This attitude is not only wrong, but also dangerous (although, of course, from a practical point of view, writing practice itself may be necessary to demonstrate knowledge).

The importance of the essay process is that it allows the writer to create a meaningful, coherent, and in-depth set of ideas.

Why is it so important to think about the development of deep ideas? First and foremost, because for humans, there is no difference between this process and thinking proper. And the thought process is important because action based on such a process is very likely to be less painful and more productive than action based on ignorance. So if you want your life to be productive, safe, and engaging, you need to think carefully about the most important issues, and there is no better way to do this than by writing. Writing improves your memory, develops your editing skills, and makes your thinking clearer.

You can write down more than you can remember, which means your ability to analyze multiple ideas at once is increased. Moreover, once your thoughts are written down, you can move them around, changing word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph. You can also discard unsuccessful ideas after you've carefully considered them-that way, you're left with only the highest quality concepts that you can keep and use. The result will be a set of original ideas that you can continue to work with in the future and share with others.

Think about your success in the perspective of your life. Think about the fact that the person who knows how to articulate and articulate an argument almost always prevails. If you want to get a job, you need to be able to present yourself and your skills. If you want a promotion, you need to convince someone that you are worthy of it. If you want to convince someone of the value of your idea, you need to be able to prove its benefits, especially in dialogue with people with opposing opinions.

As a result of your writing practice, you'll sharpen your ability to think and argue, and you'll be better armed. There's a saying, "the pen is mightier than the sword," and it's not a cheap cliché. Ideas change the world, especially when written down. The Romans built buildings, but neither the Romans nor their buildings exist anymore. The Jews wrote a book, and they still exist, as does their book. It turns out that words can live longer than stone and have more influence than entire empires.

If you learn to write and edit, you will also develop the ability to distinguish good and competently presented ideas from the not-so-good ideas promoted by various pseudo-thinkers. This means that you will be able to separate the wheat from the chaff (google what this is about), and as a consequence, you will be guided in your life by deep and holistic ideas, instead of being a victim of silly fads, whims and ideologies that are trivial, or even deadly.

Those who can think and articulate their thoughts are stronger than those who cannot do so--stronger in a good way, in the sense of "able to do a variety of things, and do them skillfully and effectively." Moreover, the higher up the ladder of competence you climb because of your well-formulated ideas, the more important the ability to think and articulate your thoughts becomes. At the very top of the most complex hierarchical systems (law, medicine, academic science, business, theology, politics) there is nothing more necessary or valuable. If you can think and articulate your thoughts, you will also be able to protect yourself, your friends, and your family, and this ability will certainly come in handy at different times in your life.

Related Resources:

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How to Write an Essay in English – Examples of English Essays

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