The document provides information about essay writing, including the typical components of an essay. An essay usually consists of an introduction with a thesis statement, multiple body paragraphs that support the main idea, and a conclusion. It also discusses different types of essays such as comparison/contrast, narrative, descriptive, cause and effect, and classification essays. Comparison/contrast essays specifically analyze the similarities and differences between two topics, and can be structured using either a point-by-point or block method.