TYPES OF ACADEMIC ESSAYS englishuphson@gmail.com

Learning Targets A good academic essay Types of academic essays Identifying type of academic essay: Group Presentation (Outline and sample essay)

A GOOD ACADEMIC ESSAY Informative Convincing Perfectly structured Academic Style

TYPES OF ACADEMIC ESSAY Narrative Essay Descriptive Essay Argumentative Essay Expository Essay (Process, cause and effect, classification, comparison and contrast)

1. Narrative Essay Descriptions: Tells a story Shares personal impressions from any event with the reader

Narrative essays: Features An introduction (indicates what kind of narrative essay it is) A story (chronology of events) A conclusion that makes a point. A lesson learned First Person point of view  “I”

Narrative Essay - Example: Picture Story  Rearrange pictures Retell

2. Descriptive Essay Descriptions: Describe a person, a place, or an object in details

Descriptive Essays: Features Systematic descriptions e.g. from left to right, from inside to outside, from general to specific) Clear Language e.g. Tall  1.82 m tall Strong  call lift a study table with one hand.

Descriptive Essay - Example Guessing game: Describe an object without mentioning the name of the object.

3. Argumentative Essay Descriptions: Writer’s opinion Convincing arguments

Argumentative essays: Features Writer’s opinion – clear stand Convincing arguments

Argumentative Essay - Example Uniform for college students: Agree or Disagree?

4. Expository Essays Descriptions Essays that explains something

4. Expository essays: Features Explains how to do something Analyzes events, ideas, objects, a written work Gives information about something (comparisons, contrasts, causes, reasons, effects, classifications/groupings/types)

4. Expository Essays: Types Process or Procedure (how to do something) Analysis Comparison and Contrast Cause and Effect Classification

4. Expository Essays: Example How to learn English effectively

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