Types of Essays 30032020 095950pm

Types of essays
1. Narrative Essays: Telling a Story

In a narrative essay, the writer tells a story about a real-life experience. While telling a story may sound easy to
do, the narrative essay challenges students to think and write about themselves. When writing a narrative essay,
writers should try to involve the reader by making the story as vivid as possible. The fact that narrative essays
are usually written in the first person helps engage the reader. “I” sentences give readers a feeling of being part
of the story. A well-crafted narrative essay will also build towards drawing a conclusion or making a personal
statement.
2. Descriptive Essays: Painting a Picture

A cousin of the narrative essay, a descriptive essay paints a picture with words. A writer might describe a person,
place, object, or even memory of special significance. However, this type of essay is not description for
description’s sake. The descriptive essay strives to communicate a deeper meaning through the description. In a
descriptive essay, the writer should show, not tell, through the use of colorful words and sensory details. The
best descriptive essays appeal to the reader’s emotions, with a result that is highly evocative.
3. Expository Essays: Just the Facts

The expository essay is an informative piece of writing that presents a balanced analysis of a topic. In an
expository essay, the writer explains or defines a topic, using facts, statistics, and examples. Expository writing
encompasses a wide range of essay variations, such as the comparison and contrast essay, the cause and effect
essay, and the “how to” or process essay. Because expository essays are based on facts and not personal
feelings, writers don’t reveal their emotions or write in the first person.
4. Persuasive Essays: Convince Me

While like an expository essay in its presentation of facts, the goal of the persuasive essay is to convince the
reader to accept the writer’s point of view or recommendation. The writer must build a case using facts and
logic, as well as examples, expert opinion, and sound reasoning. The writer should present all sides of the
argument, but must be able to communicate clearly and without equivocation why a certain position is correct.
Types of Essay
1. Definition Essay
As the name suggests, a definition type of essay defines different things, ideas, and perceptions.
2. Narrative Essay
A narrative essay is a narration like a short story. It is, however, different from a short story in that it is
written in an essay format.
3. Descriptive Essay
A descriptive essay describes something to make readers feel, smell, see, taste, or hear what is described.
4. Expository Essay
An expository essay exposes things in detail to make readers understand without any complications.
5. Persuasive Essay
A persuasive essay is meant to convince the target audience to do something or not do something.
6. Argumentative Essay
An argumentative essay is meant to present arguments in the favor of something. It has an additional
fourth body paragraph that is meant to present opposite arguments.
7. Analytical Essay
An analytical essay analyzes something, such as in literature an analytical essay analyzes a piece of literature
from different angles.
8. Comparison and Contrast Essay
A comparison and contrast essay makes either a comparison, a contrast, or both between two different or
similar things.
9. Cause and Effect Essay
A cause and effect essay makes readers understand the cause of things, and their effects on other things.
10. Critical Essay
A critical essay is written on literary pieces to evaluate them on the basis of their merits or demerits.
11. Process Essay
A process essay outlines a process of making or breaking or doing something that readers understand fully
and are able to do it after reading it.
12. Synthesis Essay
A synthesis essay means to synthesize different ideas to make a judgement about their merit and demerits.
13. Explicatory Essay
An explicatory essay is meant to explain a piece of literature. It is often written about poems, short stories,
and novels.
14. Rhetorical Analysis Essay
A rhetorical analysis essay evaluates a speech or a piece of rhetoric on the basis of rhetorical strategies and
devices used in it.
15. Review Essay
A review essay discusses the merits and demerits of a book and evaluates it through a review.
16. Simple Essay
A simple essay is just a five-paragraph essay that is written on any topic after it is specified.
17. Research Essay
A research essay revolves around a research question that is meant to answer some specific question
through a research of the relevant literature.
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Types of essays

1. Narrative Essays: Telling a Story

2. Descriptive Essays: Painting a Picture

3. Expository Essays: Just the Facts

4. Persuasive Essays: Convince Me

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