basically making a case for the validity of a particular point of view, analysis,

interpretation, or set of facts or procedures pertaining to the essay topics.

Correct selection, critical evaluation, organization, and presentation of these
facts are key to engrossing essay writing.

Certain essay writing topics in English may be tough but it is not rocket science.
Proper chronology and expressive writing can help the writer draw the readers’
attention to a great extent.

Main Types of English Essays

Depending on what the writer wants to convey to his reader, essays can be
classified into the following types:

Narrative Essays: Here the writer narrates a real-life incident on a story in the
first person. The purpose is to make the reader feel present in the scenario
described by the writer.

Descriptive Essays: The writer here describes a memory, a place, an object, or an

event such as to evoke the senses of the reader. The idea is to give the reader the
essence of the emotion felt by the writer.

Expository Essays: These essays are completely based on facts, statistics,

examples, etc that the writer has acquired through extensive study and research.
They are mainly thesis and have sub-types like contrast essays, cause and effect
essays, etc.

Persuasive Essays: These essays not only present facts but also persuade the reader
to agree with the writer’s point of view. These are more like written debates where
the writer’s arguments hold the cornerstone.

In order to write a simple essay in English, one needs to follow the following
format:

English Essay Format

Introduction

Synopsis of the Topic

Attention-grabbing

Four to Six Lines

Body

Chronological Lists of Arguments

Systematic Flow

One Paragraph or more

Conclusion

Rephrasing the main Topic and Subtopics

Global Statement or Call to Action

Best Essay Topics
Importance of Family

A Visit to a Historical Monument

Life after a Pandemic Breakout

Importance of Mangroves

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phones

India- A Land of Diversity

Effects of Technological Development on the Environment

Importance of the Health Sector in the Progress of the Country

Practice more with versatile vocabulary to ace English essay writing.

Essays can be described as a writer which combines authors on argument in a number

of various ways. An essay was first to be written by Michael Montaigne who was a
French writer who prepared an informal write-up and named that it as an "attempt' .
Essay is a French word that means "to try" or "attempt". Essays can be broadly
classified into formal and informal.

Formal
Formal essays are generally written for series purposes, it is quite dignified, and
logical organizations and lengths are kept in mind while writing these types of
formal essays.

Informal
Informal essays include personal elements which include self-regulation, individual
taste, and experiences. It can also involve write-ups that are confidential humerus
and depicts a graceful style. Informal sums up a huge type of essay which includes
rambling structures and unconventional or Novelty of the theme.

Uses:
Essays are used in a wide range of applications which includes literary criticism,
political manifestos, arguments, observations of daily life, recollections,
memorandums, and reflections of the author.

There is three force that makes an essay exist:

The essays can be personal and autobiographical. This type of essay includes some
personal details such as the experiences noted by the authors. This simply uses
their own way and makes themselves the protagonist to keep their point of view.

The second one is the objective, factual and concrete types of essay. These essays
are also personal but are indirect. The author doesn't use himself or herself in
order to give a point of view. The author usually uses a particular situation as
different peoples who are troubled or are helped by a particular fact objective.

The abstract-universal is the third type of essay. These essays are not at all
personal. They are mostly research-oriented. This essay includes things which are
not at all related to any type of memory, objective, fact.
Essays include a huge range of types and forms which includes the following
bulleted forms:

Cause and Effect:

This format generally discusses a particular problem, the causes, and the effects,
also suggestions and includes a proper well-researched write-up.

Classification and Division:

This type of essay sums up the classification and divisions of particular objects
and detailed information about those classifications.

Compare and Contrast:

As the name suggests these forms compare two objects with each other and give
detailed information about their contrasting characters and criteria.

Narrative types of Essays:

Most of the time these essays are about a story narration or a historical moment.
It also includes some autobiographical histories or any type of narration.

Argumentative Types of Essays:

These are truly the author's own suggestions and arguments on the basis of some
social or economic issues.

Exposition:

This includes the social evils or any type of negative instances that have been
encountered for a long time.

Descriptive:

As the name depicts itself this type of essay is quite a good description of a
particular topic.

Dialect :

These are types that include philosophy.

Exemplification

History

Familiar

Economics

Reflective

And other logical structures

Essay Topic List

In general, the variety of English essay topics are:

Schools, Examinations
Personalities we come across

Festivals, Functions, and Events

Daily Incidents, Scenes, and Journeys

Nature

Relationships

About Myself

Visits/Monuments/Cities

Sports, Health and Fitness

Holidays

Environmental and Social Awareness

Science and Technologies

National Essays

Current Affairs

Essay on Proverbs

Educational and Moral value Essays

Some Simple Essay Topics Pertaining to School Level Current Essay Topics are:-
A Scene in the Examination Hall

A Festival

Annual Day Function

My Ambition in Life

Importance of Family

A Visit to a Historical Monument

My Favorite City

A Journey to a Hill Station/ Beach

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phones

India- A Land of Diversity

Where There is a Will There's a Way

My Role Model

Autobiographies
Biography of a Leader

Right to Education

Some Essay Topics For College Students are:

How does “fake news” change Political and Social Life?

Socio-economic impact of a Global Pandemic

Communism vs. Capitalism

Effects of Technological Development on Mankind

Importance of Health Sector

During exams, brainstorming a few minutes to frame the chronological idea of

arguments can save you from a haphazard representation of the topic. As the proverb
goes, “a stitch in time saves nine”, prior practice and through proofing can do
wonders in your English essay.

Points To Remember While Writing Essays:

Do proper research about the topic you are going to write which should include
advantages disadvantages and even includes the wrong statement about the particular
topic

Your introduction part should be effective.

Essays are considered to be informative. So try not to repeat the lines again and
again while writing the body parts. For instance, you should not repeat the
sentences in the conclusion part which you have already mentioned in your body or
in the introduction part.

Make well-oriented paragraphs with different views and statements.

Even if your write-up has some contrast or conflict involving itself, do not forget
to mention them too.

A well oriented essay includes a good introduction a well-written body which

further includes advantages and disadvantages points to note your own suggestions
except and finally the conclusion part where you update the things about the topic.
While writing about some conflicting topics try to note down the positive impact
that has been created around.

Essays play an important role in a wide variety of ranges. It is used in academic

fields, non-literary fields, magazines, newspapers, and filmmaking too. The
documentations not only help in proper knowledge but also provide access to
knowledge and wide expressional views of people. Sometimes it is of a particular
person, but most of the time, it acts as a representative of a particular group of
people. In today's generation, essays are most appropriately considered as more
about research and truth. It helps a writer to reach a large number of people with
one's view or sometimes a group of people's view.

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