Learn how to write an outstanding academic essay from start to finish.  Essays can be personal stories, arguments, or analysis. They focus on one subject and the author's point of view is most important. Literary essays, research essays, and personal essays all have three parts: an introduction (which includes a thesis statement), the body, and a conclusion. Detailed graphics, diagrams, video, and multiple-choice reviews reinforce important concepts presented: how to organize an essay, topic sentences, writing a paragraph, and the parts of a conclusion.