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The Essay

The Essay
A nonfiction work that deals with one subject, often in a personal way.
It may be humorous or serious; may be informal (casual) or formal.

Features of an essay
1. Subject central topic of an essay that may be light and humorous on deep and thought provoking.
2. Parts - an essay must have an introduction, a body and a conclusion.
3. Style - An essay reflects the voice of its writer. It should be written artistically, appealing
to the imagination or emotions.
4. Kind - An essay may be historical, biographical, personal, narrative, imaginative,
critical, reflective or philosophical, but it must be worth reading.

Types of an essay
1. Expository - This is a writers explanation of a short theme, idea or issue.
2. Persuasive - This is the type of essay where you try to convince the reader to adopt your
position on an issue or point of view.
Here your rationale, your argument, is most important. You are presenting an opinion and
trying to persuade readers, you want to win readers over to your point of view.
3. Analytical - In this type of essay you analyze, examine and interpret such things as an
event, book, poem, play or other work of art.
4. Argumentative - This is the type of essay where you prove that your opinion, theory or
hypothesis about an issue is correct or more truthful than those of others. In short, it is
very similar to the persuasive essay (see above), but the difference is that you are arguing
for your opinion as opposed to others, rather than directly trying to persuade someone to
adopt your point of view.

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