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Essay
A focused paper designed to inform or persuade, discussing, describing, or analyzing a single topic.
Argumentative Essay
An essay type that forms an opinion via research and builds an evidence-based argument.
Expository Essay
An essay type that communicates information clearly and requires knowledge on a specific topic.
Narrative Essay
An essay that tells a story, often personal, and is usually written in the first person.
Descriptive Essay
An essay that provides detailed sensory descriptions, allowing for creative language use.
Critical Essay
An essay that analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of someone else's work.
Textual Analysis Essay
An essay that closely analyzes a text to explain how it achieves certain effects.
Rhetorical Analysis
An analysis of a persuasive text that evaluates the rhetorical devices used by the author.
Literary Analysis
An in-depth interpretation of a work of literature that explores the author's choices and theme.
First Person Perspective
A writing perspective using 'I', commonly used in narrative essays.
Third Person Perspective
A writing perspective using pronouns like 'he', 'she', 'it', or 'they', often used in essays.
Figure of Speech
A linguistic device used to create a figurative meaning, crucial in descriptive essays.
Sensory Details
Descriptions that engage the senses, used extensively in descriptive writing.
Thesis Statement
The main argument or point of an essay, typically stated in the introduction.
Creative Language Use
The ability to craft language in interesting and evocative ways, important in narrative and descriptive essays.
Engaging Narrative
A story that captivates the reader through its structure and details.
Point of View
The perspective from which a story is told, crucial for narrative and descriptive essays.
Structure
The organization of an essay, which can vary between types such as narrative and critical essays.
Plot
The sequence of events in a narrative essay that tells the story.
Theme
The underlying message or main idea explored in a literary piece.
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