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Calidad, Pertinencia y Calidez

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS QUIMICA Y DE LA SALUD
CARRERA DE MEDICINA

Types of Essays
NAME: Jostin Daniel Bermeo Álvarez PROFESSOR: Lcda. Maribel Barreto Huilcapi
DATE: 06/01/2023 COURSE: 3th “B”
a. Write True or False to the statements below.

● As a rule, You should look for information in unreliable articles. (_F_)

● An essay is an expression of one’s thought on an issue or a subject logically and coherently
written in meaningful paragraphs. (_T_)
● In general, a narrative essay is a third-person story about a personal experience. (_F_)
● Including unsupported ideas in an essay is a mistake. (_T_)
● Cause and effect essays have to list the differences and similarities of two events. (_T_)
● Preparation, decide on your topic, do your research, and create an essay outline are steps for
an essay. (_T_)
● An essay is a focused piece of writing that develops an idea or a paragraph based on evidence,
analysis and interpretation. ( _F_ )
● The introduction is important both to capture the interest of the reader and to inform them
of what the essay will be about. ( _T_)
● The conclusion is the final paragraph of an essay and you make arguments supporting your
thesis, provide evidence, and develop your ideas. (_T_)

b. Answer the following questions:

What are the 3 main stages of the essay?

● Preparation: Decide on your topic, do your research, and create an essay outline.
● Writing: Set out your argument in the introduction, develop it with evidence in the
main body, and wrap it up with a conclusion.
● Revision: Check the content, organization, grammar, spelling, and formatting of your
essay.

Write three characteristics for an essays preparation.

● Define your essay topic.

● Do your research and gather sources.
● Come up with a thesis.

Write one example of three different types of essays.

● FOCUS
An essay should have a single clear central idea. Each paragraph should have a clear main point or
topic sentence.
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● DEVELOPMENT AND UNITY
Each paragraph should support or expand the central idea of the paper. The idea of each paragraph
should be explained and illustrated through examples, details, and descriptions.
● COHERENCE AND CORRECTNESS
An essay or paper should be organized logically, flow smoothly, and “stick” together. In other words,
everything in the writing should make sense to a reader. A paper should be written in generally correct
standard English, with complete sentences, and be relatively error - free.

c. Match each part of the essay with its definition.

explains why or how some event happened, and what resulted from the
Descriptive event. This essay is a study of the relationship between two or more events
or experiences.
Essay

provides details about how something looks, feels, tastes, smells, makes one
Cause and Effect feel, or sounds. It can also describe what something is, or how something
Essay happened. These essays generally use a lot of sensory details. The essay
could be a list-like description that provides point by point details.

discusses the similarities and differences between two things, people,

Comparison and concepts, places, etc.
Contrast Essays

d. Put the pre-writing steps in the correct order.

_3_ Collect facts related to the paragraph or essay topic.
_6_ Find the main idea of your paragraph or essay.
_5_ Organize your facts and ideas in a way that develops your main idea.
_2_ Topic selection.
_4_ Write down your own ideas.
_1_ Choose the type of choose you decide to write.

e. Underline with different colors the hook and the thesis statement in the following
paragraph.
The benefits of Running

In society without activity today, many people are fighting obesity. Health problems and
deterioration of obesity will continue to worsen unless everyone takes action. Today's
society's opportunity shows an infinite way to change shape. Starting a running event may
change people's lives. A positive advantage of participating in the run includes fun activities,
many health benefits, low cost sports, and experiencing sponsorship of charity.
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f. According to the next text, to what part of the essay structure does it belong to?

“Systemic arterial hypertension (hereafter referred to as hypertension) is characterized by

persistently high blood pressure (BP) in the systemic arteries. BP is commonly expressed as
the ratio of the systolic BP (that is, the pressure that the blood exerts on the arterial walls
when the heart contracts) and the diastolic BP (the pressure when the heart relaxes). The BP
thresholds that define hypertension depend on the measurement method’’.
Answer: Conclusion

g. Read the definitions and find out the words to complete the puzzle.
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ANSWERS:
HORIZONTAL
2. Argumentative
4. Persuasive
5. Conclusion
7. Essay
10. Development
VERTICAL
1.Narrative
3. Descriptive
6. Comparative
8. Expository
9. Introduction

h. Read the following essay and select to what kind of essay it is.
Antibiotic resistance
At present antibiotic resistant poses as a massive challenge for modern medicine. There is a
wide variety of conditions that antibiotic resistance stands in the way of successful treatment
like tuberculosis (TB) and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). According to
a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2.8 million Americans acquire
serious infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year, and 35,000 of them die as
a result. There are quite a few practices that affect the way bacteria strands become resistant
to antibiotics. The main causes are the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics in viral
infections and the lack of adherence to treatment by patients. To ensure that the supply of
new antibiotics keeps pace with these evolving pathogens, it is necessary to have a robust
pipeline of new drugs and innovative pathways to bring this medicine to the patients who
need it most.

Developing new drugs involves a great deal of time, effort, scientific research, and expense.
Historical data show that, generally, only 1 out of 5 infectious disease drugs that reach the
initial phase of testing in humans will receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). Developing antibiotics to treat highly resistant bacterial infections is especially
challenging, because only a small number of patients contract these infections and meet the
requirements to participate in traditional clinical trials.

Answer: Descriptive Essay.