Essay writing: Types of Essays

Students are often asked to write on topics using different types of essays. Normally, hardly only a few know about the different types of essays. To get familiar with the kinds of essay, writing can help you in various parts of your education. At school level it may not be very important but for colleges and universities this is one major point that you know what type will be used for a particular kind of a topic. However, here the first question that arises is that what actually an essay is.  An essay is a short and a confined piece of writing which analyzes and describes things. It can even take a shape of an argument or a compare and contrast discussion.

There are basically so many different kinds of essays but for the beginners the most common ones are enough,  descriptive, critical, cause and effect, argumentative, narrative or definition are some most commonly used form of essay writing. If you are asked to describe something or if you are asked question which needs description then you would go for the descriptive essay. The names of the essays tell you that in what condition you have to use them. Similarly the critical essay type asks for the critical negative or a positive analysis of the topic. Students can relate to the types when the essay topics are assigned to them. It is not a very difficult task rather it will be of help to you that what you have to keep your focus on. It will help you not to get astray while writing. For example, in cause and effect essay you will explain the causes and then you will tell their effects. Knowing the types will not let you drift away from the central point of your essay which is the core issue on which your whole essay is based. Same goes for the definition and argumentative essay, their names suggest the categories where they have to be placed.

Students often feel completely baffled or uncomfortable when they step out for their high profile interviews or university admission or college quiz competitions and they are asked to write or say a few words about the topics keeping the essay type is mind. If you can go through the types once and try to remember then it is not tough to see that in what category your topic will get settled.