Which types of essays do you know?

1. Introduction to Being Fabulous S3E01

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3. Which types of essays do you know?

4. Essay formats

1. Admission Essay
2. Analytical Essay
3. Argumentative Essay
4. Cause and Effect Essay
5. Classification Essay
6. Comparison Essay
7. Critical Essay
8. Deductive Essay
9. Definition Essay
10.Exploratory Essay
11.Expository Essay
12.Informal Essay
13.Narrative Essay
14.Personal Essay
15.Persuasive Essay
16.Research Essay
17.Response Essay
18.Scholarship Essay
19.Summary, report, etc

5. Narrative essay

• is told from a particular point of view
(Narratives are generally written in the
first person or third person)
• Should include a plot (setting and
characters); a climax; and an ending.
• uses vivid verbs and modifiers
• uses conflict and sequence as does any
story
• may use dialogue
• Be imaginative!
• Some topics could be:
• How I met your mother
• An unexpected journey

6. Argumentative essay

• beginning with relevant
• Goal: To give arguments “for” and “against”
• The major principle is to characterize the particular
phenomenon, organizing ideas and examples.
• Argumentative essay topics could be:
Animal testing
Capital punishment
Security cameras and privacy
Homeschooling
Retirement age
The use of animals in scientific research
Government and family planning

7. Critical essay -  "detached evaluation”

Critical essay - "detached evaluation”
1. A summary of the author's point
of view
2. An evaluation of the author's
work
• Criticism does not mean you have to
attack the work or the author
• Examples of critical essay could be:
The Politics of Obama
The Educational System of US
My Favorite Movie
Home Scholl
“The Match Point” by Woody Allen
Shakespeare “The Merchant of Venice”

8. Analytical essay

• Just like critical but without the author
• Primary goal: To analyse and critically evaluate a topic.
• Among all the types of essay analytical is the most exacting
about logic and structure. You should be careful, organizing
your ideas. Make clear statements and remember to use linking
words to help readers follow your thoughts.

9. Two truths one lie

1. Form teams of 3-4 people
2. Discuss what you have in common or what is different about
all of you
3. Think of 3 statements about what is common or different: two
of them are true and one is false
4. Make other teams guess!