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Types –Persuasive (Argumentative) A persuasive essay is one in which you attempt to get the reader to agree with your point of view. You are trying to present arguments, research, and ideas in order to sway the reader one way or the other.

Expository (Informative)the expository essay is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner. Definition or Description Process (How-to) Compare and Contrast Cause and Effect Analytical/Critical An analytical essay means you will need to present some type of argument, or claim, about what you are analyzing. ... Analytical essays usually concentrate on how the piece was written – for example how certain themes present themselves in a story. Evaluative Interpretive Narrative (Tells a story) writing a narrative essay one might think of it as telling a story. These essays are often personal . Allowing students to express themselves in a creative and, quite often, moving ways. Personal Statement/Anecdote Research A research essay revolves around a research question that is meant to answer some specific question through a research of the relevant literature. Timed

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The best way to plan or organize a essay is to think or decide what type of essay you would like to write.then you are going to need to brainstorm your topic and make great ideas . After you going to need to research your topic and make sure u got solid evidence . Furthermore you are going to need to develop a thesis, outline your essay, write your essay. And finally you need to edit your writing to check spelling and grammar.

Pre-writing/Prompt Analysis/Outlining Researching/Evaluating of Sources

Work Cited Page –In the MLA Format the way to do a work cited page is to follow these steps . First you are going to be Running head containing your surname and the page number. Then you are going to do the title, Works Cited, centered and in plain text. After that you need to List of sources alphabetized by the author's surname. And finally have it as Left-aligned. Double-spaced. 1-inch margins.

In the APA Format the way to do a work cited page is also a step by step proces but it is a little bit more harder then the MLA . But the first step is to put the References centered 1-inch down. It's not capitalized, bold, or italicized. Then The reference citations are double spaced with no additional lines between them.And finally All references are in alphabetical order.

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