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Essay Types and Modes Youll Need to Write for CollegeRoxanne McDonald ~TYPES~ You Want Us to Write What Understanding the Task Assigned Which academic essay writing types we use depends upon which disciplines or classes we write for. Each instructor or professor will assign papers that invite us to reveal in writing what we have learned/what we think about the material for that particular class:
~MODES~ Modes and Types and Modes...Oh Crimeny! Avoiding Confusion We need not panic when called upon to do a specific type of college paper writing. Why Because we already use the types...on a smaller scale. That is, we use miniature versions of the essay types when we write paragraphs for the complete essay. A type and a mode are the same thing, then. One is just smaller, while the other is an extension of the smaller. For example, we write about the forms and functions of gossip for a sociology paper. We open with a definition paragraph that shows how the word "gossip" originated from the word "gospel." Then we continue to discuss how gossip brings people closer--emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. Go Easy on Yourself: Your Confusion is Understandable Just as we might call all writing expository, we call one type and one mode an expository type of essay and an expository mode of writing. So is the piece Im writing explanatory, definitional, comparative I include explanatory elements. I use definition and example. I slip a comparison in, too. Heres one way to look at types/modes:
Heres another way to look at types/modes: We buy a box of gourmet chocolates. We lift one from the box: we understand that the thing we hold in our hands is a chocolate. It also has chocolate in it. Heres one more way to look at types/modes: You own a Camaro with a Corvette engine. Theyre both Chevys. Youre Going to What, Now Confuse Us All Over Again No. Now that we have the types/modes separated enough to understand the difference, Ill just remind you of one more thing: we can and usually do overlap the modes. No one piece of academic essay writing exists in one isolated mode alone. It includes many varied sub-styles to make it more engaging, entertaining, and expository. And it requires a number of major parts--an opener, a main body of text, and a closer. And you know what These parts are written in the modes. Ill add more pages on academic essay writing. Much more. So if you havent had enough, come back again for monthly freebies. But for now, if you want to check out samples you can use as models for modes/types, click here for mode samples written by college students. One more thing about college paper writing: Enjoy the process. Find one thing in it you like and are good at.
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