Essay Modes:Essay Modes:Different kinds of essays…Different kinds of essays…

• NarrationNarration • Cause & Effect• Cause & Effect• DescriptionDescription • Comparison &• Comparison &• IllustrationIllustration ContrastContrast• Process Analysis • Process Analysis • PersuasionPersuasion• ClassificationClassification• DefinitionDefinition

The Narrative EssayThe Narrative Essay

• A narrative essay tells a A narrative essay tells a story…story…

• It can be either fictional It can be either fictional or real-life.or real-life.

• The more “real” it is for The more “real” it is for you, the better you will you, the better you will tell it. (Sometimes our tell it. (Sometimes our imaginations are more imaginations are more real to us than our daily real to us than our daily lives.)lives.)

The Descriptive EssayThe Descriptive Essay

• A descriptive essay A descriptive essay paints a picture with paints a picture with words…words…

• It appeals to the It appeals to the senses: sight, hearing, senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell.taste, touch and smell.

• It can also appeal to It can also appeal to emotions.emotions.

The Illustration EssayThe Illustration Essay

• In an illustration In an illustration essay, you give essay, you give examples of your examples of your topic.topic.

• Examples are very Examples are very helpful to readers who helpful to readers who may be unfamiliar with may be unfamiliar with your subject.your subject.

The Process Analysis The Process Analysis EssayEssay

• Process Analysis is a Process Analysis is a “how to do it” essay.“how to do it” essay.

• You show in words how You show in words how to get something done: to get something done: what the steps are from what the steps are from beginning to end.beginning to end.

• Finally, you tell what you Finally, you tell what you will have when the will have when the process is finished.process is finished.

The Classification EssayThe Classification Essay

• A classification essay A classification essay breaks down a general breaks down a general subject into classes subject into classes (categories or groups.)(categories or groups.)

• You can classify either You can classify either things or ideas.things or ideas.

• You decide how you will You decide how you will classify your topic, but classify your topic, but always go from general always go from general to specific.to specific.

The Definition EssayThe Definition Essay

• A definition essay gives A definition essay gives the meaning of a word, the meaning of a word, term or concept.term or concept.

• The The denotationdenotation of a word of a word is its dictionary is its dictionary definition.definition.

• The The connotationconnotation of a of a word is its informal or word is its informal or slang meaning in daily slang meaning in daily usage.usage.

The Cause & Effect EssayThe Cause & Effect Essay

• A cause & effect essay A cause & effect essay tells how things affect tells how things affect each other; how they each other; how they depend on each other.depend on each other.

• An effect may have one An effect may have one cause or several cause or several different clauses.different clauses.

The Comparison-Contrast The Comparison-Contrast EssayEssay

• Comparison tells how Comparison tells how things are alike and things are alike and contrast shows how contrast shows how they are different.they are different.

• In this essay, you In this essay, you normally show either normally show either comparison or contrast, comparison or contrast, but you can tell both if but you can tell both if you want.you want.

The Persuasive EssayThe Persuasive Essay

• In the persuasive In the persuasive essay, you are essay, you are writing to get your writing to get your audience to accept audience to accept your point of view your point of view and think like you and think like you do.do.