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== Essay ==

* a short form of writing on a topic 
* from French"essai" meaning "trial, attempt"
** and Latin ''exagium'' for "weighing, or a weight"
*** ''ex''- out or from + ''agere'' "to set in motion"
* "essay" also relates to "trying" or "effort"
** the verb "essay" means "to put to test or experiment"

== 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

== 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"

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