Essays
Essays – A short academic composition. Types – Persuasive (Argumentative): Meant to convince the intended audience to do or not to do something. Expository (Informative): Includes many many details to make readers understand easily. Definition or Description: Essay that defines different ideas, things, and perceptions. Process (How-to): Outlines a process of making, breaking, or doing something that readers will understand fully and can do after reading it. Compare and Contrast: Either makes compares, contrasts, or both, between two things whether that be similar or different. Cause and Effect: Attempts to make readers understand the causes and effects of a specific thing. Analytical/Critical: Analyzes something from different angles. As well as evaluating them on the basis of merit and demerits. Evaluative: Offers value judgements based off of a set of criteria. Interpretive: Interprets a piece of literature. Narrative (Tells a story): Narration is similar to that of a short story, just in essay format. Personal Statement/Anecdote: Story you made up or one that actually happened. Research: Revolves around a research question which is meant to be answered through research and relevant literature. Timed: An essay written with a specific limited amount of time. Document Based Question (DBQ): Short answer scaffolding questions based on documents given. Synthesis: Written discussion incorporating support from several sources and views.
Strategies/Planning Tips/Steps – Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining: 1. Ask yourself who's your reader and what's your purpose? 2. Generate some ideas 3. Brainstorm
