Essay Writing For Schools A Practical Exposition Of The Principles Of This Form Of Composition Designed To Meet The Requirements Of The Public Examinations PDF Download

Excerpt from Essay-Writing for Schools: A Practical Exposition of the Principles of This Form of Composition, Illustrated by Models and by Examples Drawn From the English Classics; And Designed to Meet the Requirements of the Public Examinations First of all, what is an Essay? Perhaps it has never occurred to you to ask yourself that question. Perhaps you have taken for granted that, even if you do not feel immediately equal to making one, at least you know what an essay is. Let us, at any rate, make sure of this point, at the outset; for, in making an essay, as in many other things, the first step is to know exactly what it is that you want to make. An Essay is the setting forth, the making clear, the illustration of a particular fact,1 idea, truth,2 or emotion, or of a particular group of facts, ideas, truths, or emotions, in a short written composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.