May 21, 2009

  • "Students don't know what an essay is."

    es⋅say –noun

    1.a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
    2.anything resembling such a composition: a picture essay.
    3.an effort to perform or accomplish something; attempt.
    4.Philately. a design for a proposed stamp differing in any way from the design of the stamp as issued.
    5.Obsolete. a tentative effort; trial; assay.

    Well, what is it? What does it look like?