Types of essays: Difference between revisions
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Academic | * Academic | ||
Argumentative | * Argumentative | ||
Expository | ** takes a position for or against something | ||
Journalistic | * Expository | ||
Personal | ** from Latin ''exponere'' for "set forth" | ||
*** in the sense of explaining | |||
** also called "commentary" | |||
** takes non-argumentative approach | |||
*** but necessarily takes a position on a topic | |||
* Journalistic | |||
** explains or describes an issue, situation, event, etc. from a third-party point of view | |||
** IOW, it describes another experience, perspective, or point of view | |||
* Narrative | |||
** tells a story | |||
* Personal | |||
* Persuasive | |||
* Polemic/ polemical | |||
** a form of argumentative that focuses on opposing another or alternative points of view | |||
** generally addresses controversial topics | |||
** "polemic" is from Greek ''polemikos'' for "war" | |||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
[[Category:Language Arts]] | [[Category:Language Arts]] |
Revision as of 19:41, 18 January 2023
todo:
- Academic
- Argumentative
- takes a position for or against something
- Expository
- from Latin exponere for "set forth"
- in the sense of explaining
- also called "commentary"
- takes non-argumentative approach
- but necessarily takes a position on a topic
- from Latin exponere for "set forth"
- Journalistic
- explains or describes an issue, situation, event, etc. from a third-party point of view
- IOW, it describes another experience, perspective, or point of view
- Narrative
- tells a story
- Personal
- Persuasive
- Polemic/ polemical
- a form of argumentative that focuses on opposing another or alternative points of view
- generally addresses controversial topics
- "polemic" is from Greek polemikos for "war"