Crossword clues for essay
essay
- Personal ___ (part of a college application, often)
- Part of many a history test
- Part of a social studies test, often
- Part of a Social Studies test
- Op-ed, e.g
- Op-ed offering
- National Review piece
- Montaigne piece
- Magazine piece, sometimes
- Long test answer
- Long English assignment
- History homework, sometimes
- High-school composition
- Gore Vidal piece
- Foreword, frequently
- English test, sometimes
- English test requirement
- English Lit assignment
- English homework, often
- English exam ender, perhaps
- English class composition
- Emerson opus
- College application piece, perhaps
- College application component
- Blue book topic
- Blue book test answer
- Blog entry, maybe
- Bit of literature
- Bacon serving?
- "Me Talk Pretty One Day" piece
- "How I Spent My Summer," often
- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," e.g
- "Civil Disobedience" is one
- Written test type
- Written test answer
- Written opinion
- Written musings
- Written exam feature
- Written analysis
- Writing-intensive test type
- Writing with a point
- Writing required for a college application, often
- Writing in a blue book
- Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope
- Write-up in mag
- What reporter writes on rocker
- Vehicle for Steele or Mencken
- University composition
- Type of test that might require writing in a blue book
- Type of nonfiction writing
- Type of magazine piece
- Type of exam that requires more writing than a multiple-choice test
- Twain's "The Awful German Language," notably
- Thoreau's "A Winter Walk" is one
- Thoreau tract
- Thoreau composition
- The Federalist Papers piece
- Test you can't really guess on
- Test that's tough to cheat on
- Test section, often
- Test question, maybe
- Test format, perhaps
- Test composition
- Test answer, maybe
- Test answer written in paragraphs
- Test answer in a blue book
- Term paper
- Student's writing
- Student paper
- Speculative prose
- Something graded by a history teacher
- Short piece on a given subject
- Short literary piece
- Short article, and a hint to completing the titles in the theme answers
- Section of the SAT
- Schoolboy's grammatical exercise
- Scholarly dissertation
- Samuel Johnson's "The False Alarm," e.g
- Response to a prompt
- Product in a blue book
- Pope's "___ on Man."
- Place to find an argument, perhaps
- Piece with a point (5)
- Piece with a point
- Piece on a newspaper's op-ed page
- Piece of Lamb?
- Piece of Lamb
- Piece from Chuck Klosterman
- Piece for an editorial page
- Piece by Elissa Washuta
- Philosophy class assignment
- Persuasive writing, maybe
- Part of some history exams
- Part of some exams
- Part of many an English exam
- Part of an exam that might be written in a blue book
- Part of an English exam, often
- Part of a test that may produce a hand cramp
- Outlet for one's thoughts
- Optional SAT part
- Optional part of the SAT
- Opinionated magazine piece
- Opinion piece in a newspaper
- Op-ed, for instance
- Op-ed piece, usually
- Op-ed piece, say
- Op-ed column, e.g
- Op-Ed article
- One-pager, for one
- Nonfiction piece
- Nonfiction item
- New SAT component
- Multi-paragraph test answer
- Montaigne opus
- Medium.com posting
- Many an op-ed piece
- Many a Slate article
- Many a New Yorker article
- Many a Claudia Rankine opus
- Magazine piece, often
- Magazine piece, maybe
- Longish written piece
- Longish English assignment
- Longish blog post
- Long-form writing assignment
- Long written piece
- Long written component of a test
- Long written answer on a test
- Long homework assignment
- Lit teacher's assignment
- Liner notes, at times
- Lengthy writing assignment
- Lengthy theme
- Lamb writing
- Lamb or Bacon offering
- Lamb offering
- Lamb creation
- Lamb 's tale
- Kind of test answer
- Joan Didion piece
- James Baldwin piece
- It's written in English
- It usually has a thesis statement
- Interpretative piece
- Huffington Post piece
- Homework assignment in English, often
- History test section, often
- History test component
- History class homework, perhaps
- High-school exam part
- Hawthorne vehicle
- Harper's article
- Grader's headache
- Gore Vidal composition
- Francis Bacon piece
- Foucault product
- Five-paragraph response, perhaps
- Five-paragraph piece, perhaps
- Five-paragraph homework assignment
- Five-paragraph assignment, perhaps
- Final ordeal, perhaps
- Final exam, maybe
- Feature in "The Atlantic"
- Exam portion, perhaps
- Exam part, sometimes
- English-exam element, often
- English test component
- English major's paper
- English major's assignment
- English final exam, perhaps
- English exam finale, sometimes
- English class work
- English class assignment written in paragraphs
- End of an English test, perhaps
- Emerson's forte
- Emerson's "Self-Reliance," for one
- Elia writing
- Elia piece
- Elia output
- Elia offering
- Effort to accomplish something
- Editorial piece
- E.B. White work
- Dowd piece
- Doreen St. Felix work
- Didion work
- David Sedaris work
- David Sedaris piece
- Contest entry
- Composition for high schoolers
- Composed piece
- Common English assignment
- Common college application requirement
- Common App component
- College application section, often
- College application requirement
- College application portion
- College application composition
- College applicant's piece of writing
- College app attachment
- College admission writing sample
- Christopher Hitchens work
- Charles Lamb piece
- Certain homework assignment
- Blue book exam
- Bacon output
- Bacon or Lamb work
- Atlantic feature
- Assignment with an argument
- Assignment that sounds like its third and fourth letters
- Assignment that might have a page limit
- Assignment that may have a bibliography
- Application requirement, maybe
- AP English exam component
- Any of the Federalist Papers
- Alexander Pope product
- Addison's forte
- Addison and Steele piece
- A student may plagiarize one
- A kind of composition
- A college applicant may have to write one
- "The Federalist" component
- "Notes of a Native Son" e.g
- "In this ___, I will . . ."
- "A Modest Proposal" e.g
- "A literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything": Huxley
- ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation,'' maybe
- ___ test (exam where students have to do a lot of writing)
- Bacon piece
- Dryden work
- New Republic piece
- Pope's "An _____ on Man"
- Emerson piece
- E. B. White piece
- Attempt — written work
- 16-Across work
- School assignment, perhaps
- Susan Sontag piece
- Bacon product?
- Lamb product
- Calvin Trillin piece, perhaps
- "Civil Disobedience," e.g.
- Swift work
- E.G. White piece
- Russell Baker specialty
- Opinionated work
- English exam finale, often
- Bacon piece?
- Emerson work
- Article in Harper's or The Atlantic
- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," maybe
- Blue-book filler, perhaps
- English paper
- Think piece, perhaps
- Piece in Harper's
- With 64-Across, a student's challenge
- Pope production
- Paper piece
- Test format, sometimes
- College application part
- Journal submission
- Op-Ed piece, e.g
- Blue book filler
- Analytic work
- Prose piece
- Lamb specialty
- English assignment, sometimes
- Time piece?
- В В Bacon piece
- Very long-winded answer
- "A Modest Proposal," e.g.
- Composition with a viewpoint
- Piece in The New Republic
- Bacon or Lamb product
- Opinion piece, essentially
- Op-ed piece, e.g.
- Op-ed, typically
- Swift's "A Modest Proposal," e.g.
- Lamb or Bacon piece
- Pundit's piece
- Part of a college application, often
- Lamb piece
- Theme
- Piece of schoolwork
- English class assignment, maybe
- Locke work
- Part of many a college application
- Steele work
- Frank Rich piece
- Nora Ephron work
- Maureen Dowd piece
- College application need
- Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice
- Homework assignment, sometimes
- College applicant's composition
- Salon offering
- It's definitely not the short answer
- Swift composition
- Endeavor
- Piece of Slate, e.g.
- Kind of test ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across
- Part of a G.E.D. exam
- Piece of Bacon or Lamb
- Written contest entry, say
- Will work
- Op-ed, e.g.
- Try out
- An analytic or interpretive literary composition
- A tentative attempt
- Elian piece
- Specialty of 17 Across
- Elianic work
- Macaulay product
- Specialty of 55 Down
- Joseph Addison product
- Montaigne's specialty
- Elia's specialty
- Work from S.A.?
- Emerson product
- Federalist paper
- Emerson effort
- Test format, often
- Virginia Woolf piece
- Bacon work
- Poetic Pope product
- School project
- Elian work
- Pope's "An ___ on Criticism"
- Lamb work
- Peter Quennell product
- "Tatler" offering
- Repplier product
- Lamb's specialty
- Try one's hand at
- Treatise
- Lamb's forte
- Product of Bacon or Lamb
- Elian output
- Piece of writing that sounds like its third and fourth letters
- De Quincey product
- Elia product
- Belloc work
- Venture
- Repplier work
- Strive
- Locke opus
- Trial
- Work by 40 Across
- Piece of Bacon?
- Work by Elia
- Pope's "___ on Man"
- Emerson specialty
- Bacon bit?
- Attempt; piece of writing
- Composition in Monet’s art, for example
- Attempt to pronounce first letters of Swedish alphabet
- Written work; attempt
- Written composition
- Writing assignment for English class
- Student's assignment
- French are for one extended article
- Lots of words sound as if spelt out backwards
- Try to produce written work for tutor?
- Try South Africa, as briefly suggested
- Try drugs, for example
- Tract from English Society for example
- School paper
- Test type you can't really guess on
- Take a stab at
- Put to the test
- Take a crack at
- Literary work
- Lamb serving
- Exam type you can't guess on
- Type of test you can't guess on
- It has a point
- Prose composition
- English homework, perhaps
- SAT section eliminated by the College Board in 2021
- Time piece
- Give it a shot
- English composition
- Pope piece
- Literary piece
- Literary form
- College paper
- Blue-book composition
- Writing class assignment
- Alexander Pope piece
- Piece in the paper, perhaps
- Literary composition
- School composition
- Montaigne's writing form
- Lengthy test answer
- Thoreau piece
- The New Yorker piece
- SAT component
- Student's writing assignment
- Student's composition
- Question type
- Montaigne work
- Long exam answer
- Long answer on a test
- Lamb output
- George Will piece
- English test, perhaps
- English test segment, perhaps
- Class paper
- ''Civil Disobedience,'' e.g
- Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," for one
- Thoreau work
- Student's paper such as "What I Did Last Summer"
- Social Studies assignment
- Short prose piece
- Short paper
- SAT segment
- Ralph Waldo Emerson piece
- Pundit piece
- Position paper, e.g
- Pope work
- Part of the SAT
- Long writing assignment
- Literary output
- History class assignment
- Feature in Harper's or The Atlantic
- Expository writing class assignment
- English test requirement, often
- English homework, maybe
- English exam, often
- English exam part, often
- English 101 assignment
- Common college admissions requirement
- College applicant's creation
- Certain English assignment
- Blue book entry
- Alternative to multiple choice
- "The New Yorker" piece
- ___ question
- Written argument
- Writing contest entry, often
- W.E.B. Du Bois work
- Vox piece
- Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," e.g
- The Atlantic piece
- Test segment, perhaps
- Student's written assignment
- Short opinion piece
- Schoolboy's writing exercise
- School theme
- School piece
- SAT part that's judged
- Samuel Johnson work
- Piece of prose
- Piece of Lamb or Bacon?
- Piece from Elia
- Philosophy test component
- Persuasive piece
- Personal prose unit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Essay \Es*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Essaying.] [F. essayer. See Essay, n.]
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To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
What marvel if I thus essay to sing?
--Byron.Essaying nothing she can not perform.
--Emerson.A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible.
--J. C. Shairp. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. [Obs.]
--Locke.
Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay.]
An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. ``The essay at organization.''
--M. Arnold.(Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
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An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "trial, attempt, endeavor," also "short, discursive literary composition" (first attested in writings of Francis Bacon, probably in imitation of Montaigne), from Middle French essai "trial, attempt, essay" (in Old French from 12c.), from Late Latin exagium "a weighing, a weight," from Latin exigere "drive out; require, exact; examine, try, test," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + agere (see act (n.)) apparently meaning here "to weigh." The suggestion is of unpolished writing. Compare assay, also examine.
Wiktionary
n. A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject. vb. 1 (context dated transitive English) To try. 2 (context intransitive English) To move forth, as into battle.
WordNet
n. an analytic or interpretive literary composition
a tentative attempt
v. make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try, seek, attempt, assay]
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine]
Wikipedia
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of 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.
Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: 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. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills; admission essays are often used by universities in selecting applicants, and in the humanities and social sciences essays are often used as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams.
The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles, and focuses more on the evolution of a theme or idea. A photographic essay covers a topic with a linked series of photographs that may have accompanying text or captions.
An essay is a short piece of writing.
Essay may also refer to:
- Essay (philately), a prototype of a proposed stamp
- Essay (numismatics), a prototype of a proposed coin
- Essay, Orne, a town in France
- The Essay, a BBC Radio 3 programme
In philately, an essay is a design for a proposed stamp submitted to the postal authorities for consideration but not used, or used after alterations have been made. By contrast, a proof is a trial printing of an accepted stamp.
Both essays and proofs are rare, as usually just a few are produced. Although intended for internal use by printers and official bodies, essays sometimes find their way onto the philatelic market.
A numismatic essay is a coin prototype proposed for general sale or circulation.
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Usage examples of "essay".
The professors cultivate social and even intimate relations with the undergraduates, nor do they consider it beneath their dignity to invite them frequently to their homes, draw out their minds by discussing some important point, loan them books or periodicals, suggest subjects for essays or books, employ their service as amanuenses, and recommend them in due time for proper vacancies.
The essay profiles the companies jockeying to speed up the annotation process through universal programs and accessible databases.
Ravenclaw, Harry found himself walking down to dinner alone from the common room, Ron having rushed off into a nearby bathroom to throw up yet again, and Hermione having dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last Arithmancy essay.
A few days before the match against Ravenclaw, Harry found himself walking down to dinner alone from the common room, Ron having rushed off into a nearby bathroom to throw up yet again, and Hermione having dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last Arithmancy essay.
The following essay covers various aspects of bioinformatics, including some of the business and political considerations involved in conducting a project of this magnitude.
Sullivan told the story of how he became a blogger in what later came to be known as one of the landmark essays of the New Underground.
Since this essay was written it has been ascertained by Cavaliere Francesco Negri, of Casale Monferrato, that Tabachetti died in 1615.
Raffaele Garofalo published in the Neapolitan Journal of Philosophy and Literature an essay on criminality, in which he declared that the dangerousness of the criminal was the criterion by which society should measure the function of its defense against the disease of crime.
English about any cuisine, beautifully written without a touch of pretense and crystal clear in its essays, explanations of ingredients and techniques, line drawings, and 220 recipes.
In an essay which we might take as a practical example of how this dichotomy can be deconstructed, Richard Meyer writes, in the same volume, about the film star Rock Hudson, once the screen epitome of attractive heterosexual masculinity.
She would teach, she would study, and after four or five months she would write an extended historical essay, publish it pseudonymously under the name Demosthenes, and then enjoy herself until Ender accepted a call to go Speak somewhere else.
Another anxious moment, and with a sigh of relief Betty slipped on the short waist with its puffed sleeves and essayed to pin the fichu daintily around her neck.
Mutant Flas to the Foraging Unit, and notify them that he will essay the egg harvesting, snird division.
He enters freesia a third time, leaving the S as 5 but turning the 1 back to an I, and finds himself staring at an unfinished polemical essay.
Louis Exposition, Gilder had suggested that she do an essay on the hand.