What is an essay?

An essay is multiple paragraphs on a certain field of writing. There should always be an introductory paragraph that introduces the topic and tells you background on the topic. You should have an interesting and powerful introduction so that the reader will want to keep reading. The last few of sentences of the introductory paragraph there should be a thesis, that tells the reader what the main idea is. Next there should be as many body pararaphs as needed. There should be a topic sentence in the beginning of each body paragraph. This should be the first sentence of each and it should tell the reader what they are going to read about in the paragraph. Within the body paragraphs you should have concrete details which is specific facts about the subject. Also, there should be commentary which is your opinion on the concrete details and just the subject in general. The last few sentences of the paragraph is the concluding sentence which sums up what you wrote about.  The final paragraph of the essay should be the concluding paragraph that is all comentary, making your essay interesting and creative.