1. The Different TypesThe Different Types
Of EssaysOf Essays
An Interactive Presentation by:An Interactive Presentation by:
Muhammad Daniyal MunirMuhammad Daniyal Munir

2. DifferentTypes Of Essays
• Admission Essay
• Literary Essay
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Scholarship Essay
• Research Essay
• Position Essay
• Informal Essay
• Expository Essay
• Process Essay
• Author’s Slide
• Resources
• Concept Map
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• Admission Essay
• Literary Essay
• Compare and Contrast Essay
• Scholarship Essay
• Research Essay
• Position Essay
• Informal Essay
• Expository Essay
• Process Essay
• Author’s Slide
• Resources
• Concept Map

3. Admission Essay
This is the type of essay you may need
to write after you graduate from
high school. An admission essay is a
type of persuasive essay. It is used
by college students in an attempt to
convince the dean of admissions that
they are “right” for their school.
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4. Literary Essay
This type of essay is thought to be one
of the most challenging of all.
Literary essays are used to analyze
specific parts of a book or poem in
order to show the “deeper meaning” a
person has found in the book.
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5. Compare and Contrast
Essay
This type of essay is used by
individuals that wish to show the
differences or similarities between
two or several things (books, people,
shapes, etc.).
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6. Scholarship Essay
This type of essay is an essay that
hopefully partners up with the
admission essay. It is usually used in
contests in order to help the winner
fund their education.
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7. Research Essay
This essay is usually dreaded by
students from junior high school to
college. The research essay is a very
formal essay that requires the
individual to do rigorous research
about a topic and right a factual
essay about it.
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8. Position Essay
This essay is not quite as hard as a
research essay, but it may require
one to read another’s findings from
their research. After reading the
findings the individual should write
an essay expressing their position in
the findings whether it is in
agreement or not.
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9. Informal Essay
This essay is, surprisingly enough, not
formal. In this essay the individual is
writing, but the writing sounds more
like a conversation between the
reader and the writer. The structure
is more “loose” than a research essay.
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10. Expository Essay
See Video:
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11. Process Essay
This essay may also be quite informal.
The reason being is because the
writer is explaining how a task is
done, step by step, to their readers.
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12. Author’s Slide
The author, M.Daniyal Munir, is from
Haripur, Pakistan. He is currently a
student at Comsats Abbottabad
University majoring in English with an
emphasis on Secondary Education; his
minor is Business Education.
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13. Concept Map
The
Different
Types of
Academic
Essays
(title slide)
(sound clip)
Main Slide
Admission
Essay
Literary Essay
Scholarship
Essay
Research Essay Position Essay Informal Essay
Author’s Slide
(my pic w/link to
e-mail)
Resources Concept Map
Compare &
Contrast
Essay
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Expository
Essay
(video)
Process
Essay
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