Essay Writing Intro

What was the hardest or most challenging part about the LETTER-WRITING unit you just finished?

How excited are you to start this essay writing unit?

• Super Pumped

• Not At All

• This Is Torture

• I'm Game For Anything: I LOVE LEARNING!

The word "essay" comes from a French word that means?

• to show

• to explain

• to do

• to try

Which in NOT usually included in an essay?

• specific details

• rhyming phrases

• research

• observations

True/False: An essay focuses on one main idea.

• True

• False

True/False: Sometimes essays are considered to be in the fiction category.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of essay explains or gives information or instructions on a specific topic. It's written in a logical order.

• Narrative Essay

• Descriptive Essay

• Analytical Essay

• Expository Essay

This type of essay presents an opinion and gives evidence or reasons to convince the reader that the opinion is valid.

• Narrative Essay

• Persuasive Essay

• Descriptive Essay

• Response Essay

This type of essay tells a story, but is about something that is real (non-fiction).

• Response Essay

• Descriptive Essay

• Narrative Essay

• Analytical Essay

Which of the following TWO THINGS would be considered the main purposes of a FORMAL essay?

• explain

• describe

• persuade

• entertain