About the book: 2014 / Dear friends! An essay is one of the types of work on speech development, which involves an independent, thoughtful presentation of your thoughts. in accordance with the required topic.Working on an essay develops thinking, speech, and allows you to express your view of the world. This type of work promotes awareness of the world around us, reality, and ourselves. In addition, an essay teaches you to argue and defend your point of view. In this manual you will find a method for writing essays, as well as various types of essays with plans and preparatory materials. Do not forget that an essay is, first of all, a creative work that does not tolerate a template. We advise you not to use the essays presented in the manual for thoughtless, mechanical copying of them into your notebooks. Our essays are possible options for covering certain topics, which we hope will help you when creating independent texts. We wish you success!