English 9 / Unit 8: Writing Essays
8.1 The Writing Process and Essay Types
Notes
Good essays come from a process, not one draft.
- Prewriting: brainstorm, research and outline. Drafting: get ideas down.
- Revising: improve ideas, organization and clarity (big changes). Editing: fix grammar, spelling and punctuation (small changes).
- Publishing: share the final copy.
| Essay type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Narrative | tell a story, real or imagined |
| Expository (informative) | explain or inform |
| Argumentative | convince using claims and evidence |
| Literary analysis | interpret how an author creates meaning |
Practice
Moving a paragraph to make an essay's order more logical is part of:
Revising deals with ideas and organization.
An essay explaining how hurricanes form is mainly:
It informs and explains.
Fixing a misspelled word and a missing comma is part of:
Editing corrects surface errors.
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