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Types of Essays

An essay is a written piece that presents and argues an idea through the author's perspective. Essays can vary in length from 500 words to over 5000 words and cover a wide range of topics. There are generally four types of essays: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. All essays follow a basic structure with an introduction to present the topic, body paragraphs to fully develop the argument, and a conclusion to summarize the key points. Effective essays require organizing ideas, writing in a clear style, and following a process of drafting and revision.

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Types of Essays

An essay is a written piece that presents and argues an idea through the author's perspective. Essays can vary in length from 500 words to over 5000 words and cover a wide range of topics. There are generally four types of essays: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. All essays follow a basic structure with an introduction to present the topic, body paragraphs to fully develop the argument, and a conclusion to summarize the key points. Effective essays require organizing ideas, writing in a clear style, and following a process of drafting and revision.

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What is an essay?

The essay is a written piece that is designed to present an idea,


propose an argument, express the emotion or initiate debate. It
is a tool that is used to present writer’s ideas in a non-fictional
way. Multiple applications of this type of writing go way
beyond, providing political manifestos and art criticism as well
as personal observations and reflections of the author.
An essay can be as short as 500 words, it can also be 5000
words or more. However, most essays fall somewhere
around 1000 to 3000 words; this word range provides the writer
enough space to thoroughly develop an argument and work to
convince the reader of the author’s perspective regarding a
particular issue. The topics of essays are boundless: they can
range from the best form of government to the benefits of
eating peppermint leaves daily. As a professional provider of
custom writing, our service has helped thousands of customers
to turn in essays in various forms and disciplines.

Types of Essays

The type of essay will depend on what the writer wants to


convey to his reader. There are broadly four types of essays.
Let us see.

1. Narrative Essays: This is when the writer is narrating an


incident or story through the essay. So these are in the first
person. The aim when writing narrative essays is to involve
the reader in them as if they were right there when it was
happening. So make them as vivid and real as possible. One
way to make this possible is to follow the principle of ‘show,
don’t tell’. So you must involve the reader in the story.
2. Descriptive Essays: Here the writer will describe a place, an
object, an event or maybe even a memory. But it is not just
plainly describing things. The writer must paint a picture
through his words. One clever way to do that is to evoke the
senses of the reader. Do not only rely on sight but also
involve the other senses of smell, touch, sound etc.
A descriptive essay when done well will make the reader
feel the emotions the writer was feeling at the moment.
3. Expository Essays: In such an essay a writer presents a
balanced study of a topic. To write such an essay, the writer
must have real and extensive knowledge about the subject.
There is no scope for the writer’s feelings or emotions in an
expository essay. It is completely based on facts, statistics,
examples etc. There are sub-types here like contrast essays,
cause and effect essays etc.
4. Persuasive Essays: Here the purpose of the essay is to get
the reader to your side of the argument. A persuasive essay
is not just a presentation of facts but an attempt to convince
the reader of the writer’s point of view. Both sides of the
argument have to presented in these essays. But the ultimate
aim is to persuade the readers that the writer’s argument
carries more weight.

Format of an Essay
Now there is no rigid format of an essay. It is a creative process
so it should not be confined within boundaries. However, there
is a basic structure that is generally followed while writing
essays. So let us take a look at the general structure of an essay.

Introduction

This is the first paragraph of your essay. This is where the


writer introduces his topic for the very first time. You can give
a very brief synopsis of your essay in the introductory
paragraph. Some paragraph writing skills can be a help here.
Generally, it is not very long, about 4-6 lines.

There is plenty of scopes to get creative in the introduction of


essays. This will ensure that you hook the reader, i.e. draw and
keep his attention. So to do so you can start with a quote or
a proverb. Sometimes you can even start with a definition.
Another interesting strategy to engage with your reader is to
start with a question.

Body

This is the main crux of your essays. The body is the meat of
your essay sandwiched between the introduction and the
conclusion. So the most vital and important content of the
essay will be here. This need not be confined to one paragraph.
It can extend to two or more paragraphs according to the
content.

Usually, we have a lot of information to provide in the body.


And the mistakes writers generally make is to go about it in a
haphazard manner which leaves the reader confused. So it is
important to organize your thoughts and content. Write the
information in a systematic flow so that the reader can
comprehend. So, for example, you were narrating an incident.
The best manner to do this would be to go in a chronological
order.

Conclusion

This is the last paragraph of the essay. Sometimes a conclusion


will just mirror the introductory paragraph but make sure the
words and syntax are different. A conclusion is also a great
place to sum up a story or an argument. You can round up your
essay by providing some moral or wrapping up a story. Make
sure you complete your essays with the conclusion, leave no
hanging threads.

Tips for Essay Writing


 Give your essays an interesting and appropriate title. It will
help draw the attention of the reader and pique their
curiosity
 Keep it between 300-500 words. This is the ideal length, you
can take creative license to increase or decrease it
 Keep your language simple and crisp. Unnecessary
complicated and difficult words break the flow of the
sentence.
 Do not make grammar mistakes, use correct punctuation and
spellings. If this is not done it will distract the reader from
the content
 Before beginning the essay organize your thought and plot
a rough draft. This way you can ensure the story will flow
and not be an unorganized mess.

Essays are used to assess your understanding of specific ideas and


your ability to explain these in your own words.

Essays are usually written in a discursive style, bringing together


ideas, evidence and arguments to address a specific problem or
question.

They follow a particular structure: you will set out your argument in
the introduction, build and present your argument in the main body,
and should end with your overall key message or argument in the
conclusion.

Essays take time to complete. You will need to set aside time for the
following stages of writing:

1. Thinking about the question.


2. Gathering information and ideas.
3. Organising your ideas.
4. Getting something on paper.
5. Writing a first draft.
6. Reviewing in light of feedback or reflection.
7. Producing a final draft.

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