Writing the Academic Essay For many high school students, the academic essay is a merciless monster terrorizing their campus, a nightmarish beast that can tear the heart out of the middle school and destroy all hope of college admissions. Others, however, tame this friend with ease, bending his cruel will to theirs as if nothing had happened, as if they possessed a secret weapon. Well, guess what? They do it! Successful essayists succeed because they are armed with the exact knowledge of what an essay is and how it is made; they know that an essay is an organized group of paragraphs that forcefully state and vividly support a central idea. Furthermore, they know that organizing an academic essay is as easy as one, two, three: the introduction, the body and the conclusion are its three essential parts. So to begin with, let's start with the introduction. His job is to move from the general to the specific, introduce the topic of the essay, clarify its central idea, and detail his thesis. However, before he can do that, he should try to “hook” the reader by capturing his interest with some appropriate bait. The first way to attract a reader is to center an original title above the introduction. Please note the original word in the last sentence. Lazy, generic titles like "English Essay" or "Crucible Essay" are not effective because they are neither informative nor interesting. After an original title, a good introduction begins with an interesting sentence or two that serves to focus on the overall topic of the essay. Once this is done, the writer becomes more specific and introduces the central idea of ​​the essay. A central idea is simply a clear statement of the writer's opinion or position on the overall topic. In my introduction to this... middle of paper... doesn't mean he's as unstoppable as Godzilla. Indeed, the sage's curse is quite manageable if its underlying characteristics are kept in mind. The basic academic essay is made up of five logically related paragraphs that support and defend a central idea, and the way it is structured is simplicity itself. When the writer keeps in mind the three parts of an essay – the introduction, the body, and the conclusion – then much of the anxiety and confusion associated with essay writing can be overcome. Like Frankenstein's creature, essays are pieced together from separate parts, but because they are composed of logically related ideas, they are an invention that can be tamed by organized thought. Indeed, writers who plan carefully and follow their plan are delighted to find that their brainchild is not a frightening monster, but rather a creation that reveals their true genius..