Essay writing is an essential part of your studying at college. It’s required because students should learn how to organize their thoughts on paper. The following are the explanation of 4 main essay categories, so you can see the distinctive features of each.
It’s a form of writing when you try to explain a theme, question, issue or idea. Your aim is to response to an issue or idea and to show your position or point of view. If you want to get the reader’s attention, you need to introduce your thesis statement, support your arguments with facts and evidence, and give your conclusion.
In a persuasive composition, you should convince the reader to accept your opinion or position. Here your arguments are very important as you need to persuade the audience your thoughts and conclusions are correct. To achieve your goal, have a definite point of view, strong facts to support it and logical conclusions.
In the analytical essay, you analyze, explore and describe a book, play, picture or event. The task is to describe the subject using vivid words, so that the readers can imagine it clearly. Usually any great work of art has an important issue. Your task will be to introduce that issue, analyze it and make conclusions that will show your personal understanding of the issue.
Perhaps, this is the most difficult type or writing. In the argumentative paper, you have not only to prove the correctness of your opinion or theory, but also to show that they are worth of acceptation more than those of others. It may look like a persuasion, but the difference is that here you oppose your opinion to others, trying to persuade the audience to take your side. A question cannot be an argument, so in this kind of composition you will have only a focused argument statement, solid proves and of course strong conclusions.
As you have already guessed, it’s not hard to create a piece of writing. It will not only help you have a good academic progress, but also an individual one. Moreover, perhaps in the near future these writing skills will help you to get a good job.