ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM

TOPIC
Essay Writing

DEFINITION

The word essay is defined in The

concise oxford dictionary as a
literary composition (usually prose and
short) on any subject. Properly
speaking, it is written composition
giving expression to ones own
personal ideas or opinion on some
topic; but the term usually covers also
any written compisition, it expresses
personal opinions, or gives informatin
on any given subject, or details of a
narrative or description.

DEFINITI
ON

Thefirst known system of writingis

Sumerian cuneiform, which dates back
to c. 3300 BCE. It began as asystemof
simple
pictographs
(images
that
represented a single word).

HISTORY

Recorded
historyorwritten
historyis ahistoricalnarrative based
on
awrittenrecord
or
other
documented
communication.Recorded historycan
be contrasted with other narratives of

HISTO
RYnew way of interpreting signs is called the
This

rebus principle. Only a few examples of its use

exist in the earliest stages of cuneiform from
between 3200 and 3000 B.C. The consistent
use of this type of phonetic writing only
becomes apparent after 2600 B.C. It
constitutes the beginning of a true writing
system
characterized
by
a
complex
combination of word-signs and phonograms
signs for vowels and syllablesthat allowed
the scribe to express ideas. By the middle of
thethird millennium B.C., cuneiform primarily
written on clay tablets was used for a vast
array of economic, religious, political, literary,

ST CHARACTER REPRESENT
AS PICTURES

CHARACTERISTICS OF
A GOOD ESSAY

CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD ESSAY
1.Unity
2.Order
3.Brevity
4.Style

UNITY
An essay must be unity, developing
one theme with definite purpose. The
subject must be clearly define in the
mind and kept in view throughout.
Nothing that is not relevant to it
should be admitted essay.

ORDER
The essay should follow the certain
ordered line of thought and come to
definite conclusion .It should not
consist of haphazard
reflections put down anyhow. There
should be not only unity of subject but
also unity of treatment.

BREVIT
Y

A good essay should be not too

long or short. The limit should be
about 700 to 900 words. But an
essay should be a brief exercise,
concisely expressed.

STYLE
S
In friendly letters, the style
should be
conversationalessay natural and familiar.

CLASSIFICATION

CLASSIFICATI
ON

Essays may be classified as

Narrative
Essays,
Descriptive
Essays,
Reflective
Essays,
Imaginative
Essays and Expository Essays.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Reflective Essay
Narrative Essays
Descriptive Essays
Expository Essays

REFLEXIVE
ESSAY

A reflection is a thought on some

subject on an idea arising in the mind.
So a reflective essay consist of
reflections or thoughts
on some topic, which is generally of an
abstract nature, For example
1. Habits,
qualities,
such
as
truthfulness,
thrift,
temperance,
heroism, industry.
2. Social, political and. domestic topics
such as riches and poverty, cast,

NARRATIVE ESSAYS
A narrative essay consists mainly in the
narration of some event, or series of
events. I say mainly because a
narrative essay must not be confused
with short story bits of history.
Narrative essay treat as:
1. Historical stories of legends.
2. Biographies.
3. Incident.
4. An accident or natural disaster.
5. A journey.
6. A story (real or imaginary).

DESCRIPTIVE
ESSAY

A descriptive essay consists of a

description of a thing or place.
1. Animal, plants, minerals.
2. Towns, countries, Buildings.
3. Aspects and phenomena of nature.
4. Manufactured articles.

EXPOSITORY
ESSAY
An expository
essay consist of an
exposition or expiation or some
subject as
1. Institution, industries,
occupation.
2. Scientific topics as gravitation,
evolution, astronomy.
3. Literary topics as nature or
poetry.

IMAGINATIVE
ESSAY
An essay on subject such as the
feelings and experiences of the sailor
wrecked on Desert Island may be called
imaginative essays. In such as the
writer is called to place himself in
imagination in a position of which he
has no actual experience.
Such subject as if I were a king, or
The autobiography of a horse would
call for imaginative essay.

STRUCTURE OF
ESSAY

STRUCTURE OF
ESSAY
1. The introduction
2. The body of essay
3. The conclusion

THE SUMMARY OF
ESSAY

STRUCTURE OF ESSAY
1.Clearly define the subject in your own
mind.
2.Think over it , until ideas about it come
in your mind and jot the points write
down on the paper as they occur to
you- numbering them.
3.Classify these points in groups under
suitable heading, rejected any that are
not suitable.
4.Arranges these headings in bare
outline.
5.Fill in outline, making a full outline.

1. Now being to write essay, dividing into

paragraphs .
2. The
essay
should
consist
of
introduction ,body and conclusion as .
3. make the introduction arresting .
4. keep the part of body of essay in proper
way and take pains in choosing of words,
constructing sentences and building up
paragraphs
5. Make the conclusion effective and
satisfying.
6. Write in simple concise , clear , and
natural style.

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