ESSAY WRITING

What is an essay?,
Parts of an essay
and its types
 What is an essay?

• Derived from French word-”essayer”.

• Essayer- to attempt or to try.
• It is a short piece of writing with a focus
on a single subject.

• In oxford Dictionary, essay is a short

piece of writing on a particular subject.
Parts of an essay:

INTRODUCTION:
Introduces the topic . Includes an topic and opening hook and
thesis statement

PARAGRAPH 1:
Includes your strongest argument.

PARAGRAPH 2:
Covers second strongest argument

PARAGRAPH 3:
Presents the weakest argument.

CONCLUSION:
Wraps up the essay. Restates the thesis in an unique way.
 Types of Essays:

EXPOSITORY
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Just the facts!

ANALYTICAL NARRATIVE
.
Telling a Story

CAUSE AND EFFECT PERSUASIVE

. Painting a Picture.

CRITICAL ANALYSIS DESCRIPTIVE

. Convince me.
Types of Essay:
EXPOSITORY ESSAY:
01
Just the facts
•Also known as definition essay
•Aims only to explain an idea
•No arguments
•EX-How is paper made
•.

ANALYTICAL ESSAY:
02
•Similar to an expository essay.
• Presents advantages and disadvantages
•Provides objective analysis
•Often meaningless.
Types of Essay:
COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY
03 :

• Common type of apology.

• Apologizing when asked to do so.
• Not a heart-felt apology.
• Doesn’t resolve any underlying problem.

CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAY

04
•Aim : To show the relation between things
•Influenced by something else
•Organized chronologically.
Types of Essay:
CRITICAL ANALYSIS ESSAY
05
•It is also called critical essay
•It is a literature based essay.
•Two paragraphs: comparIsion section and contrast
section
• Doesn’t resolve any underlying problem.

NARRATIVE ESSAY
06 :
Telling a Story.
• Isn’t actually an apology.
• Key word –”if”
• Minimum kind of apology.
• Often meaningless.
Types of Essay:
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
07
Painting a Picture.
•Convinces readers to accept a particular point of view.
•Give reasons
•Require good research and awareness of the reader’s
bias.
• Doesn’t resolve any underlying problem.

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
8
Convince me.
• Isn’t actually an apology.
• Key word –”if”
• Minimum kind of apology.
• Often meaningless.
 An apology given
just to appease
one’s conscience is
self-serving and
better left
unspoken!
EVINDA
LUPINES