creating an essay Flashcards
an essay is derived from a French word
Essayer
essayer means
to attempt
It is a nonfictional short prose, which is based on a single or particular subject
Essay
it is often a personal opinion of an author about a subject matter
Essay
essays are of two forms
Literary and non-literary
there are four types of literary essays
Narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive
This type of essay is nonfiction. The writer does not only tell a story, but gives reasons to make a point it uses sensory descriptions and emotional details in telling the story.
narrative essay
in this type of essay, the writer gives description on a specific topic or describes in details the characteristics of a person or something.
Descriptive, essay
It uses words that appeal to the five senses, thus creating pictures in the minds of the reader.
Descriptive, essay
The writer in this type of essay explains an idea, theme or issue to the readers by giving his or personal opinion
Expository essay
This employees, exemplification illustration, definition comparison and contrast
Expository essay
this is also known as argumentative essay. This type of essay is written to convince the readers to take your stand or position about a certain issue, after providing them with the
concrete evidences and logical reasoning to write this essay. The writer has to make a thorough research to support or defend an idea.
Persuasive, essay
The three elements of a good essay
Content, structure and mechanics
This is the message of the writer. The main points of the essay must be thoroughly discussed with the use of details to support the writers explanation.
Content
this refers to the organization of the essay.
Structure
A good essay must have
A good essay must have an introduction, body and conclusion.
Should be interesting to get the attention of the readers
introduction
it may use different methods such as an anecdote a famous quotation historical question, is startling statement, and others
Introduction
it is aware the writer presents the thesis statement that serves the controlling idea of the whole essay
Introduction
it is where the idea stated in the thesis statement is developed or examples, illustrations, definitions, and others. This consist of a series of well developed paragraphs.
Body
It should give a tone of finality summarize the salient points presented in the essay, restate the thesis statement, or ask the readers to take a stand
Conclusionq
The writer must see to it that the essay flows smoothly from one idea to another within the paragraph and from one paragraph to another through the use of transition words and phrases
Conclusion
this reference to the use of language
Mechanics
A good and effective essay is well written and cautiously edited in terms of grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word usage
Mechanics
