Essay Modes: Different kinds of essays

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Essay ModesDifferent kinds of essays

• Narration Cause Effect
• Description Comparison
• Illustration Contrast
• Process Analysis Persuasion
• Classification
• Definition

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The Narrative Essay

• A narrative essay tells a story
• It can be either fictional or real-life.
• The more real it is for you, the better you
  will tell it. (Sometimes our imaginations are
  more real to us than our daily lives.)

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The Descriptive Essay

• A descriptive essay paints a picture with words
• It appeals to the senses sight, hearing, taste,
  touch and smell.
• It can also appeal to emotions.

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The Illustration Essay

• In an illustration essay, you give examples of
  your topic.
• Examples are very helpful to readers who may be
  unfamiliar with your subject.

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The Process Analysis Essay

• Process Analysis is a how to do it essay.
• You show in words how to get something done what
  the steps are from beginning to end.
• Finally, you tell what you will have when the
  process is finished.

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The Classification Essay

• A classification essay breaks down a general
  subject into classes (categories or groups.)
• You can classify either things or ideas.
• You decide how you will classify your topic, but
  always go from general to specific.

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The Definition Essay

• A definition essay gives the meaning of a word,
  term or concept.
• The denotation of a word is its dictionary
  definition.
• The connotation of a word is its informal or
  slang meaning in daily usage.

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The Cause Effect Essay

• A cause effect essay tells how things affect
  each other how they depend on each other.
• An effect may have one cause or several different
  clauses.

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The Comparison-Contrast Essay

• Comparison tells how things are alike and
  contrast shows how they are different.
• In this essay, you normally show either
  comparison or contrast, but you can tell both if
  you want.

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The Persuasive Essay

• In the persuasive essay, you are writing to get
  your audience to accept your point of view and
  think like you do.
• This is the primary essay with which we will work.