Types of essays: Difference between revisions

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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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-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"
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