What is an Essay?
Essays are shorter pieces of writing that often require the student to polish a number of skills such as close reading, analysis, comparison and contrast, persuasion, conciseness, clarity, and exposition. The purpose of an essay is to persuade students to build up their own ideas and concepts in the form of their writing with the direction of little more than their own thoughts. Therefore, essays are concise, and require clarity in purpose and direction.
There are several types to essay. The most common are:
- Argumentative
- Narrative
- Critical
- Expository
- Personal
- Persuasive
- Compare and Contrast essays
- College Essays
- College Admission essays