Types of essays

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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"