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 It would seem, What could be easier? Although the essays vaguely resemble the essays known to everyone since the school desk, professors of the best colleges and universities in the United States love this type of independent work as reverently as high school teachers. There are several completely understandable and logical explanations for this. Firstly, the specificity of American essays is such that students simply need to at least familiarize themselves with all the given material in order to adequately complete this task. After all, every thought that a student expresses in an essay must necessarily find confirmation in previously published literature or materials assigned for study. Secondly, a really high-quality essay has a very clear structure. In order to achieve it, the student must fully understand the topic being studied, weigh all the arguments and facts, and present them in a consistent and easy-to-understand manner.

 Like any literary genre, the essay has specific features. Some of the features of this work include: specificity in the choice of topic; expression of the subjective opinion of the author on some issue; suggests a new, subjectively colored word about something; the content is based on the worldview, thoughts, feelings of the author. M. Montaigne, the author of the work "Experiments", published in 1580, is considered the creator of the genre. Essays have been very popular lately. Such essays are often offered as assignments to students in secondary schools, technical schools, and universities. The authors participate in competitions of various levels, demonstrating talent and professionalism in this direction. The experience gained as a result of such work will be useful in the future, it will help to actively develop their own communication skills and the ability to correctly express thoughts with the help of: selection of clear wording; structuring information; use of basic