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    An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument,

    but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an


    article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-
    classified as formal and informal. Formal essays are characterized by "serious
    purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is
    characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and
    experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure,
    unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc.[1]

    Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned


    arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the
    author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been
    dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man).
    While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay
    Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of
    Population are counterexamples.

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