What is an Essay Format?

 

 

Essay writing is a skill that keeps on getting better with every effort one puts in it. However, apart from just the writing skills, there is one more thing that makes your essay looks professional and academically brilliant- with how you format it. The essay format is fundamental in any writing field, whether one is a student or writes professionally. How one structure, their essays makes the difference. 

 

There is a standard essay format that is followed universally. Unless otherwise specified, the student must follow this format: 

 

1: The page margins are 1 inch on each side. 

2: Specific line spacings are provided to the students. (single-spaced, double spaced.)

3: Page headers should always be included in essays. Whether the header content would be on the left or right side, gets provided by the course leader. 

4: There are specific fonts required, but the major ones that are universally used are Times New Roman or Arial, with the font size being 12 mostly. 

 

The easiest way to structure an essay is to divide it into multiple parts: the abstract, introduction, research methodologies, and conclusion. The abstract includes fundamental research in a gist. The reader gets to know the study's general topic, how many subjects took part in it, what methodologies were used, and if the result supports the argument. 

The introduction consists of all the critical arguments and research from credible sources to support the student's topic. Here, brief information about the subject is given and why one chose to work on the said topic. 

If the essay requires, then the research methodology part includes all the other supporting arguments and literature reviews from reliable sources. It helps make your writing more credible. 

 

Some important tips are given below to understand how one can write better essays. 

 

1: Understand the topic- Usually, while writing essays, topics are given. But if you have the opportunity to pick a topic for yourself- choose something that you have a keen interest in. 

 Do as much reading as you can on the given topic to understand what it talks about and the arguments you can form from the content you have read. 

2: Brainstorm- It is also called the pre-writing part where one jots down the essential points that crossed their minds. While writing a formal essay, they can refer to the vital ideas and references to support their topic more without getting side-tracked by other things. 

3: Writing without editing- While having a grammatically right and eloquent sounding essay is something that everyone wants, it is essential to know that no first draft is ever going to sound brilliant. The most important part is to write and let all the thoughts out, and once that is done- sit down to edit!

4: Don't keep things for the next day- Essay writing can be stressful if one isn't prepared correctly. It becomes crucial for the student not to procrastinate to not end up in the vicious cycle of rushing through the essays. 

Writing is always fun when the outline and format are prepared already!