An essay is, usually, a piece of writing that gives the writer's own argument — but the definition

is unclear, meeting with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have
usually been sub-classified as official and casual. Formal essays are considered by "serious
purpose, dignity, rational organization, length," while 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