Essay Types
The goal of an argumentative essay.
What is to convince the reader?
A book written by someone about their own life story.
What is an autobiography?
Found at the back of the book, defines vocabulary.
What is the glossary?
“The movie came out in 2024.”
What is a fact?
A nonfiction book about the past.
What is a history book?
This essay gives only facts.
What is an informative essay?
A book that focuses on one memory or moment.
What is a memoir?
These bold or colored words show important ideas.
What are keywords?
“The movie was the best one ever.”
What is an opinion?
A true or false statement: Captions explain pictures.
What is true?
A true story based on real events.
What is narrative non-fiction?
A type of book that helps you improve something in your life.
What is a self-help book?
A list of chapters and page numbers.
What is the table of contents?
Words like “amazing,” “terrible,” and “boring.”
What are opinion clues?
Two things a travel guide includes.
What are maps, places to visit, tips, restaurants, etc.?
A long, research-heavy paper for a PhD.
What is a dissertation?
A resource that helps people plan trips.
What is a travel guide?
The words under a picture that explain it.
What is a caption?
Something you can prove true with evidence.
What is a fact?
One way to convince readers in an argumentative essay.
Use evidence, facts, expert quotes, examples.
This type of writing is meant to be spoken to an audience.
What is a speech?
A film or article giving opinions and interpretation.
What is a commentary?
Helps you find topics and page numbers quickly.
What is the index?
How you can tell if the author is being biased.
Using emotional words, showing judgment, giving one-sided info
The difference between memoir and autobiography.
Memoir = one moment; autobiography = entire life.