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Academic Reading & Writing - Types of Essay
Academic Reading & Writing - Types of Essay
Academic Reading & Writing - Types of Essay
Department of English
Opening—Main Body—Conclusion.
Structure of an Academic Essay
Types of Academic Essays
Descriptive Essay Critical Essay
Narrative Essay
Application Essay
Argumentative Essay
Exploratory Essay
Expository Essay
Comparison and Contrast
Persuasive Essay
Should have a strong description, making use of all five human senses.
The statement would usually ask you to "'identify', 'report', 'record', 'summarize' or 'define'.
You need to choose your side and then stick with it until the end.
Purpose is to convince the reader about any given dimension of the topic.
Usually research-based.
A comparative topic.
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