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Essay Writing

The document provides an overview of essay writing, defining essays as short pieces of writing that express the writer's perspective. It categorizes essays into four main types: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive, each with distinct purposes and techniques. Additionally, it outlines the basic structure of an essay, including the introduction, body, and conclusion, along with tips for effective writing.

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Essay Writing

The document provides an overview of essay writing, defining essays as short pieces of writing that express the writer's perspective. It categorizes essays into four main types: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive, each with distinct purposes and techniques. Additionally, it outlines the basic structure of an essay, including the introduction, body, and conclusion, along with tips for effective writing.

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Essay Writing

An essay is generally a short piece of writing outlining the writer’s perspective or story. It is
often considered synonymous with a story or a paper or an article. Essays can be formal as well
as informal. Formal essays are generally academic in nature and tackle serious topics whereas
informal essays are more personal and often have humorous elements.

Types of Essays
The type of essay will depend on what the writer wants to convey to his reader. There are
broadly four types of essays.

1. Narrative Essays: This is when the writer is narrating an incident or story through the
essay. So these are in the first person. The aim when writing narrative essays is to
involve the reader in them as if they were right there when it was happening. So make
them as vivid and real as possible. One way to make this possible is to follow the
principle of ‘show, don’t tell’. So you must involve the reader in the story.

2. Descriptive Essays: Here the writer will describe a place, an object, an event or
maybe even a memory. But it is not just plainly describing things. The writer must paint
a picture through his words. One clever way to do that is to evoke the senses of the
reader. Do not only rely on sight but also involve the other senses of smell, touch, sound
etc. A descriptive essay when done well will make the readers feel the emotions the
writer was feeling at the moment.

3. Expository Essays: In such an essay a writer presents a balanced study of a topic. To


write such an essay, the writer must have real and extensive knowledge about the
subject. There is no scope for the writer’s feelings or emotions in an expository essay. It
is completely based on facts, statistics, examples etc. There are sub-types here like
contrast essays, cause and effect essays etc.

4. Persuasive Essays: Here the purpose of the essay is to get the reader to your side of
the argument. A persuasive essay is not just a presentation of facts but an attempt to
convince the reader of the writer’s point of view. Both sides of the argument have to be
presented in these essays. But the ultimate aim is to persuade the readers that the
writer’s argument carries more weight.

Format of an Essay
Now there is no rigid format of an essay. It is a creative process so it should not be confined
within boundaries. However, there is a basic structure that is generally followed while writing
essays.

● Introduction
This is the first paragraph of your essay. This is where the writer introduces his topic for the
very first time. You can give a very brief synopsis of your essay in the introductory paragraph.
Generally, it is not very long, about 4-6 lines.

There are plenty of scopes to get creative in the introduction of essays. This will ensure that you
hook the reader, i.e. draw and keep his attention. To do so, you can start with a quote or a
proverb. Sometimes you can even start with a definition. Another interesting strategy to
engage with your reader is to start with a question.

● Body
This is the main crux of your essays. The body is the meat of your essay sandwiched between
the introduction and the conclusion. So, the most vital and important content of the essay will
be here. This need not be confined to one paragraph. It can extend to two or more paragraphs
according to the content.

Usually, we have a lot of information to provide in the body and the mistakes writers generally
make are to go about it in a haphazard manner which leaves the reader confused. So it is
important to organize your thoughts and content. Write the information in a systematic flow so
that the reader can comprehend. For example, you were narrating an incident and the best
manner to do this would be to go in a chronological order.

● Conclusion
This is the last paragraph of the essay. Sometimes a conclusion will just mirror the introductory
paragraph but make sure the words and syntax are different. A conclusion is also a great place
to sum up a story or an argument. You can round up your essay by providing some moral or
wrapping up a story. Make sure you complete your essays with the conclusion, leave no
hanging threads.

Tips for Essay Writing


● Give your essays an interesting and appropriate title. It will help draw the attention of
the reader and pique their curiosity.
● Keep it between 300-500 words. This is the ideal length, you can take creative license to
increase or decrease it.

● Keep your language simple and crisp. Unnecessary complicated and difficult words
break the flow of the sentence.

● Do not make grammar mistakes, use correct punctuation and spellings. If this is not
done, it will distract the reader from the content.

● Before beginning the essay, organize your thoughts and plot a rough draft. Through this
way, you can ensure the story will go in flow and there will not be an unorganized mess.

Q: Write a Persuasive Essay on “Pleasure of Reading” about 150 to 200 words.

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