An essay is a philosophical, literary-critical, historical-biographical, or journalistic prose genre that combines the individual position with a casual presentation focused on spoken language. As a written assignment, it is a type of creative task, written independent work of students, in which they need to state their thoughts, experiences, judgments, intentions. Teachers often ask to write an essay of a certain length: 250-word, 500-word, or 1000-word. This type of exercise completes preparation for the independent presentation of thoughts and ideas.