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Summary: Learn about the different kinds of essays in this free video on writing essays.
Peggy Charlton has been an English teacher as well as a drama coach during her 28-year career as an educator. She purchased an 80 year old home, and she remodeled it, room by room,...read more
"Hello! This is Peggy Charlton from Expert Village on how to write an essay. We've already established how important the purpose is. Now, there are usually 2 kinds of essays that a person will write about, and they're usually informative or persuasive. Let me explain to you about the differences. Informative is just a general essay that deals with explaining something. You don't put in your opinion. You totally do not make is persuasive. You're not trying to challenge anyone to agree with you or anything. It's just like a news reporter. If you'll remember that an informative essay is like a reporter that will help you out. There's all sorts of informative essays; how to, general informative, say on a person, a war, or something like that. So informative essays inform. Remember, nothing else. Then you've got persuasive essays. Persuasive of course, you're trying to get the reader to agree with the writer option wise. "
eHow Article: Different Kinds of Essays
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inspector3 said
on 8/2/2008 Cool video! Now I'm better at essays already.