The Different Types

Of Essays
An Interactive Presentation by:
Rashod Seaton
 DifferentTypes Of Essays
Admission Essay
Literary Essay
Compare and Contrast Essay
Scholarship Essay
Research Essay
Position Essay
Informal Essay
Expository Essay
Process Essay
Authors Slide
Resources
Concept Map

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 Admission Essay
This is the type of essay you may need
to write after you graduate from high
school. An admission essay is a type of
persuasive essay. It is used by college
students in an attempt to convince
the dean of admissions that they are
right for their school.
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 Literary Essay
This type of essay is thought to be one
of the most challenging of all. Literary
essays are used to analyze specific
parts of a book or poem in order to
show the deeper meaning a person
has found in the book.

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 Compare and Contrast
Essay
This type of essay is used by individuals
that wish to show the differences or
similarities between two or several
things (books, people, shapes, etc.).

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 Scholarship Essay
This type of essay is an essay that
hopefully partners up with the
admission essay. It is usually used in
contests in order to help the winner
fund their education.

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 Research Essay
This essay is usually dreaded by
students from junior high school to
college. The research essay is a very
formal essay that requires the
individual to do rigorous research
about a topic and right a factual essay
about it.
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 Position Essay
This essay is not quite as hard as a
research essay, but it may require one
to read anothers findings from their
research. After reading the findings
the individual should write an essay
expressing their position in the
findings whether it is in agreement or
not.

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 Informal Essay
This essay is, surprisingly enough, not
formal. In this essay the individual is
writing, but the writing sounds more
like a conversation between the
reader and the writer. The structure
is more loose than a research essay.

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 Expository Essay
See Video:

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 Process Essay
This essay may also be quite informal.
The reason being is because the
writer is explaining how a task is done,
step by step, to their readers.

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 Authors Slide
The author, Rashod Seaton, is from
Chicago, IL. He is currently a student
at Grand Valley State University
majoring in English with an emphasis
on Secondary Education; his minor is
Physical Education.

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 Resources
www.soundsnap.com
www.bestessaytips.com
www.unitedstreaming.com

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 Concept Map
The
Different
Types of
Academic
Essays
(title slide)
(sound clip)

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Compare & Expository Authors Slide

Admission Scholarship Process (my pic w/link to
Literary Essay Contrast Research Essay Position Essay Informal Essay Essay Resources Concept Map
Essay Essay
Essay e-mail)
Essay (video)

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