1. What an essay is
An organized type of writing that
focuses on a single topic, general idea
or thesis.
Thesis develops from all the main
ideas or in the suporting paragraphs.
Paragraphs that develop the thesis are
the ody of the essay.
Begin with an inroduction
Ends with a concluding paragraph
2. An essay
• Helps you to express your ideas
• Helps you to convy much information in a
small amount of space
• Can be entertaining
• Is a required part of almost all college
courses
3. Elements of an essay
• It is organizad around a thesis
• Includes an introductory paragraph
• It is developed by supporting body
paragraphs
• Includes a concludin paragraph
4. What a thesis is
• What you are writing about and supporting
throughout your esay
• It is a generalization and includes all
paragraphs in the essay
Thesis statement
A sentence in the essay that states the essay,
usually part of the introduction. It should
provide adequate direction for the essay.
5. Essay introductory paragraph
• The first part of an essay
• The reader´s first impression
• The readers major influence to keep reading
• Should be explained why the topic is
important
• Should conclude with the most important idea
of the essay, the thesis statement
6. Body paragraphs
• Provide the context of an essay
• Includes facts and opinions
• Unify the main idea coherently
7. Conclusion of an essay
• Leaves the reader with a positve impresión, a
sense of completeness, and the inclination to
think about the topic
• Is short and single
• Should not include new information
• Should follow logically from the body of the
essay
8. Types of essays
• Descriptive essays
• Narrative essays
• Cause and effect essays
• Comparison and contrast essays
• Classification essays
• Problem-solution essays
• Persuasive essays
• Argumentatve essays
• Mixed pattern essays
• Definition essays
• Division and classification essay
9. Descriptive essay
• to create a picture of a person, place or object
by using descriptive language
Narrative essay
• relate events, tell a story
• Contains dialogues
• Contains a large part of everyday conversation
10. Cause and effect essay
• Determine a scenario
• Explain the events that took place
• Includes only causes and effects
Comparison and contrast essays
• Choose two things that could go in the same
category
• Places them together for closer examination
11. Clasification essay
• A type of analysis in which you classify
information and organize it into appropriate
categories
Problem-solution essay
• Involves careful analysis, planing and organization
• Persnal, social, psychological, economic, political
or other type of problem
Explain:
• Goal or objective
• Possible solutions
• Advantages and disadvantages of each solution
12. Persuasive essays
• Conduct effective research
• Obtain facts and evidence to support your
ideas
• Convince others to share your opinion
Argumentative essays
• Go further than persuasive essays
• You´ll need to gather evidence and present
reasonable arguments
13. Mixed pattern esays
• Contain a combination of the types of esays
• Identify your topic and purpose for writing
• Choose the essay patern or combination of
patterns that will help you write more
effectively
14. Definition essay
• You´ll need to define a word that has a
cmplete meaning
• That is disputable
• Its origin can be discussed in a meaningful way
Division and clasification essay
Division:
• Choose a topic that the average person might
not know much about
• Breack your topic down into meaningfull and
important categories
16. References
Resnick, J.& Lester, L.(2003).Text and thought an
integrated approach to college reading and
writing. NY: Longman.
Roan State Community College
