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Title: 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

2
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.)

3
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.

4
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.

5
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.

6
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.

7
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.

8
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.

9
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.

10
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.
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