What is a good essay?
A good essay is an 'albino bigfoot', or more commonly, 'the only striped elephant in the room.' It must be free of spelling, grammar, and syntax errors; it must be long enough to cover all of the bases, but short enough to hold the attention of the most absent-minded. It must be straight-forward enough to be understood, but not give anything away for free. It needs to engage readers, but not distract with cheap theatrics.
The most important part of any essay, in my opinion, is the introduction. It's almost comparable to a dance - you must catch the attention of the audience from the very first step, pull out all of the stops, let it all go, if you want to earn their respect - then you can move into the more intricate, and less pulse-pounding portions of your display. The introduction is the part of the piece that will truly delve into the soul - giving the clearest insite about the author. It is here that the reader can truly relate - and it is here that they will decide whether or not to read the next word, or sentence, or the rest of the piece.
My Essay...well, there is little truth to that statement, seeing as I haven't actually finished my essay yet. I am however; off to a very strong start, and planning on finishing as strongly as I've begun. What needs to be fixed thus far:
1) Transitions - there is one thing that every writer trips over in all of their literary efforts, and mine appears to be transitions. The fact that I can identify this problem makes it 10x easier to identify on paper.
2) I need to tweak my relevance of my introduction a little, it still doesn't have a completely clear purpose or audience, but this again will most likely change with a little more time and work.
This is all that I have so far, I hope it's what you were looking for!
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