Types of Essays

This is for the students who just found out that their teacher asked them to write a specific type of essay and still have doubts on deciding which one to do.


Basic explanation of the most common types of essays:

Expository Essay: gives directions on how something is done.

Persuasive or Argumentative Essay: makes a claim or states a position where you back it up with real evidence.

Comparison and Contrast Essay: where one debates the differences and similarities between two situations or topic.

Narrative Essay: it tells a story in a sequence of events, where it would lead to a lesson or an idea to be learned by the reader.

Cause and Effect: it focuses on a situation (the cause) and the consequences that leads to the result (the effect).

For more in depth information of types of essays please click one of the following links:

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/types.htm

http://www.essay-guide.net/types_of_essay.php

http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/Types.html

http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/types%20of%20essays/argumentative/ARGUMENTATIVE.htm

http://essayinfo.com/essays/persuasive_essay.php


Here is a Link for a guide about writing essays:

http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/

Examples of how to create a topic outline for an essay.

Basic Structure for creating an outline that was explained to me in class:
(Each division should move to the inside, but for some reason I can't show it here).

Thesis: Write a sentence that explains what you are going to focus.

I. Introduction:

A. Info of topic

B.

1. Subdivions of topic

2.

a.

b.

II. Argument 1

A. Supporting sentences for argument

B.

III. Argument 2

IV.Conclusion: Rewrite the theme but with supporting sentences.

Here are some helpful pages that demonstrate and gives examples of how to create a successful outline:

http://www.lavc.edu/library/outline.htm

http://www.deil.uiuc.edu/eslservice/units/researchpaper/argoutline.htm

Here is an instructional video guideline for more help:

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=SPH700

Hope this helps those who need to make outlines for their English Class! ^_^

Helpful infomation about making an essay in English:

As a future English teacher and a student I have found that many people tend to have doubts on how to develop an essay. So I decided to explain the basic rules for making an essay.

First of all, what is an essay?
An essay is a non-fiction writing of a specific topic, where the author expresses his/her personal point of view or recollects data to provide a general point of view of a news, movements, opinion, and so beyond.

How do you write an essay?
1- Decided on what topic you want to write about.
2-Research the topic, (try finding original and accepted sources).
3-Make an outline.
4-Write your thesis statement.
5-Write your essay by using the structure you proposed in your outline.
6-Helpful hints when writing the actual essay:
*Introduction: Start the sentence by grabbing the attention of the reader. The theme must also be applied in the introduction.
*The body: With the ideas that were written in the outline, you will use them to develop your paragraphs body.
*The conclusion: You will sum up all of your views to provide a final perspective. The thesis must also be included in this part.
****(Some sites suggest writing the body of the essay and then writing the introduction and then the conclusion. Personally I prefer to start from the introduction so when I keep writing onto the next paragraph I can make them connect, therefore it will be easier for the reader to follow the structured order. If the introduction still needs to be fix, at the end go back to it and modify it.)