essay

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An essay is a structured piece of writing that presents a focused argument, analysis, or reflection on a specific topic, typically supported by evidence and organized into an introduction, body, and conclusion.

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Label Occurrences
essay collection 736
essay canonical 509
philosophical essay 185

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generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
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Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: essay
Generated description
An essay is a structured piece of writing that presents a focused argument, analysis, or reflection on a specific topic, typically supported by evidence and organized into an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Instances (1,760)

Instance Via concept surface
Kodak Carousel pitch speech
A Philosophical Sketch philosophical essay
“Truth”
surface form: Truth (essay)
philosophical essay
“Realism and Anti-Realism”
surface form: Realism and Anti-Realism
philosophical essay
“What is a Theory of Meaning?”
surface form: What is a Theory of Meaning?
philosophical essay
“The Philosophical Basis of Intuitionistic Logic”
surface form: The Philosophical Basis of Intuitionistic Logic
philosophical essay
“The Justification of Deduction”
surface form: The Justification of Deduction
philosophical essay
“What Do I Know When I Know a Language?”
surface form: What Do I Know When I Know a Language?
philosophical essay
“The Reality of the Past”
surface form: The Reality of the Past
philosophical essay
“Truth and Meaning”
surface form: Truth and Meaning
philosophical essay
The Gutenberg Elegies essay collection
Women and Men essay collection
Out-door Papers essay collection
Mark Twain essay "On the Decay of the Art of Lying" (for characterization style)
surface form: On the Decay of the Art of Lying
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The Boys in the Back Room essay collection
What Am I Doing Here essay collection
The Tasks of the Jewish National Movement political essay
Why I Am an Atheist —
Relax written work
Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
surface form: Logan’s Lament
speech
Über die Bombe und die Wurzeln unserer Apokalypse-Blindheit philosophical essay
“Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium”
surface form: Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium
essay collection
Thick: And Other Essays essay collection
The New Old World of Education —
My Day syndicated column
Lives of the Poets essay collection
The Idea of a University essay collection
"The End of History?" (1989 essay in The National Interest)
surface form: The End of History?
academic essay
My Own Words essay collection
Al Parashat Derakhim essay collection
Second Inaugural Address speech
Immanence: A Life... philosophical essay
Molecular Revolution essay collection
Jianhu Nüxia feminist text
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus —
Petite Poucette philosophical essay
"The American Action Painters"
surface form: The American Action Painters
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"The Tradition of the New"
surface form: The Tradition of the New
essay collection
Refleksione mbi Kinën written work
Table-Talk essay collection
The Spirit of the Age essay collection
Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays essay collection
The Plain Speaker essay collection
The Round Table essay collection
The Lost World of the Kalahari (introduction/related work) —
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals essay collection
essay "A Failure of Intelligence"
surface form: A Failure of Intelligence
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essay "The World, the Flesh and the Devil"
surface form: The World, the Flesh and the Devil
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essay "Religion from the Outside"
surface form: Religion from the Outside
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essay "The Future Needs Us"
surface form: The Future Needs Us
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