Are you familiar with the basic principles of essay writing? Of course, you are. But do you know that there are numerous types of essays? If you want to know more about different essay types, this article is just the thing!

First of all, there are many different essay types and it turns out to be very difficult for the students to select only one essay type if they are not assigned with a particular type by the tutor. If you are just stuck in such situation, first of all, you have to consider what you are planning to write about. Would you like to express your own point of view, share your own ideas on a particular topic? In such case, it is recommended to pick either argumentative or persuasive essay type among all the types of essays.
If you are planning to apply to some university or college, you should choose application essay as it will be the most suitable essay type. It should be noted, that application essay type is one of only a few types of essays that gives you an opportunity to use a pronoun ‘I’.

Besides all the essay types mentioned above, there are also contrast essays types and compare essays. These two types of essays you should choose when your assignment requires comparing two issues (for example, movies, books, pictures etc) and drawing a definite conclusion. In this case, you will have to point out one issue (book, movie, picture etc.) you like among the others and provide reasonably supported statements to back your ideas up.

If you are required to discuss some notion or a concept and the area where this notion is used, you should choose definition essay type which is one of the most widespread essay types.
The essay types provided below are also pretty common:
classification essay;
description essay;
scholarship essay;
expository essay;
narrative essay;

It is up to you to make up your mind which essay type to select. The only thing you have to keep in your mind is that there are many different essay types and each of them has its own structure, peculiarities and vocabulary.

 

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