Essay and it’s kinds
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Sikandar khan submitted an essay on different types of essays for his 3rd semester Sociology course. The document defines an essay as a short academic composition derived from the French word "essai" meaning "trail". It then provides definitions and guidelines for writing narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative essays. For each type, it outlines their purpose and focus, as well as tips for incorporating key elements into the writing. The document serves as a reference for students on developing different essay formats and structures.
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- 1. Submitted by: Sikandar khan Roll No: 56642 Semester: Bs 3rd Department: Sociology
- 2. ESSAY An essay is a short academic composition. The word essay is derived from a French word “essai” or “essayer” which mean “trail” An essay is a focused piece of writing that develops an argument or narrative based on evidence, analysis and interpretation .So essay are a short piece of writing representing one’s side of the argument or one’s experiences, stories, etc Step for writing an essay Decide what kind o essay to write Choose an interesting topic Brainstorm your topic Outline your essay Write your essay introduction Develop a thesis statement Composed a body paragraph Write a strong conclusion Edit your writing to check a spelling in grammar
- 3. NARRATIVE ESSAY Narrative mean’s you are telling a story from a certain viewpoint and there is usually a reason for the telling. A narrative essay have characters , setting, a climax and most importantly a plot The plot is the focus of the story and is usually revealed chronologically but there are sometimes flash forwards and flashback When writing a narrative essay remember it Include sensory and emotional details Allow the story to support the point you are making and make reference to that point in the first sentence Write in the first or third person
- 4. DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY Descriptive essay describe the traits and characteristic of people object events and feeling in intricate detail what’s being describe will be thoroughly examined for example If you were describing roses you might want to detail Their origin Their appearance Their color Their fragrance When you write a descriptive essay you want to involve the reader’s senses and emotions
- 5. EXPOSITORY ESSAY Expository essay compare explore and discuss problems while there’s a bit of a storytelling element to them. Their purpose is greater than that. It’s always to explain some integral concept to the reader. As such they inform describe and explain When writing expository essay the text needs to Be concise and easy to understand Offer different views on a subject Report on a situation or event Explain something that may be difficult to understand
- 6. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY In an argumentative essay the writer trying to convince the reader of something. He or she will demonstrate the validity or falsity of a topic the writer position will be backed up with evidence including statistic or the opinion of expert. In these essays the writer is not merely offering am opinion but making an argument for or against something and supporting that argument with data To write an argumentative essay it’s important to research and back up what you say in the text