How to start writing essays The examples of essays that can be found on the Internet are of great variety. In its essence, the essay genre implies considerable freedom of creativity (much more than the term and graduation theses and dissertations regulated by the state standards and methodological manuals). The subject matter of essays is usually characterized by problems and discussion - in this work it is not enough to simply retell what is written in a textbook, as often happens in an essay, or to apply a problem-solving technique, as in a test. When writing in the essay, the introduction can be guided by the example of the logic of construction, familiar from the essay, and start with the relevance of the topic.
The introduction to the essay can include the following aspects: Relevance of the topic. Historical overview, the degree of study of the problem, the scientific interest in it. Characteristics of the object of research (problem area), its state and key terminology.
How to format the introduction in the essay The introduction in the essay is not highlighted as a separate block (no title like "Introduction" or "Introduction" is made), it is not placed on a separate page. No blank lines are needed after the introduction - the following text begins immediately. Due to the small size of most essays, the introduction is usually less than a page (a few paragraphs of text). It is necessary to provide a logical transition between the introduction and the main text. In the design of the introduction, the same settings are used (from a technical point of view) as in the entire text (no italics or other ways to highlight it): most often it is Times New Roman font, size 12 or 14, single-spaced, 1.25 centimeters "red line" indentation.