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Descriptive Essay

 A descriptive essay, as the name implies, is a form of essay that describes something. In this genre, students
are assigned the task of describing objects, things, places, experiences, persons, and situations. The students
use sensory information to enable readers to use their five senses of touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight
to understand the topic of the essay.

Examples of Descriptive Essay

The Corner Store

“Our Little Store rose right up from the sidewalk; standing in a street of family houses, it alone hadn’t any yard in
front, any tree or flower bed. It was a plain frame building covered over with brick. Above the door, a little railed
porch ran across on an upstairs level and four windows with shades were looking out. But I didn’t catch on to those.
Running in out of the sun, you met what seemed total obscurity inside. There were almost tangible smells — licorice
recently sucked in a child’s cheek, dill pickle brine1 that had leaked through a paper sack in a fresh trail across the
wooden floor, ammonia-loaded ice that had been hoisted from wet Croker sacks and slammed into the icebox with its
sweet butter at the door, and perhaps the smell of still untapped mice.”

2. Expository essay

“Expository” means “intended to explain or describe something.” An expository essay provides a clear,
focused explanation of a particular topic, process, or set of ideas. It doesn’t set out to prove a point, just to
give a balanced view of its subject matter. Expository essays are usually short assignments intended to test
your composition skills or your understanding of a subject.

Example of Expository essay

“I’m using the term ‘Chinese mother’ loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents
who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not
Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. I’m also using the term ‘Western parents’ loosely. Western parents come in
all varieties. All the same, even when Western parents think they’re being strict, they usually don’t come close to
being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice
their instruments 30 minutes every day. An hour at most for a Chinese mother, the first hour is the easy part. Its hours
two and three those get tough.”

3. Narrative essay

 Narrative essay is a form of storytelling or narrating story where you have to provide sensory details of
your personal experience. However, when writing a narrative essay, you will have to follow a set pattern and
the guidelines closely. Besides learning these basics, skimming through examples is also a great way of
learning. In this blog, we will explain the basics to write a narrative essay with the help of examples. The
examples given here will help you understand how to explain the plot, characters, setting, and the entire
theme effectively.

Example of narrative essay

Today is Press Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, and I’m supposed to be at the fairgrounds by 9:00 A.M. to
get my credentials. I imagine credentials to be a small white card in the band of a fedora. I’ve never been considered
press before. My real interest in credentials is getting into rides and shows for free. I’m fresh in from the East Coast,
for an East Coast magazine. Why exactly they’re interested in the Illinois State Fair remains unclear to me. I suspect
that every so often editors at East Coast magazines slap their foreheads and remember that about 90 percent of the
United States lies between the coasts, and figure they’ll engage somebody to do pith-helmeted anthropological
reporting on something rural and heart landish. I think they asked me to do this because I grew up here, just a couple
hours’ drive from downstate Springfield. I never did go to the state fair, though I pretty much topped out at the county
fair level. Actually, I haven’t been back to Illinois for a long time, and I can’t say I’ve missed it.

4. An Argumentative Essay

An argumentative essay is a piece of writing that takes a stance on an issue. In a good argumentative essay, a writer
attempts to persuade readers to understand and support their point of view about a topic by stating their reasoning and
providing evidence to back it up. Argumentative essay writing is a common assignment for high school and college
students. Generally, argumentative essay topics are related to science, technology, politics, and health care.

Money can’t buy happiness.”

Can you imagine living without money in this day and age? Is it even possible to survive without money in today’s
materialistic and cash-driven world? It has been said that money makes the world go round. Hence, it is no wonder
that money has become the central focus of many people’s lives. Everyone seems to be working tirelessly for money.
Even students are studying hard so that they can get a well-paid job and earn lots of money in future. Although I
think money cannot buy happiness, it is something that we cannot live without. It is clear that money cannot buy
happiness as many people who work hard and long every day for money are often very unhappy. Most of them do not
even have time to spend their hard-earned money due to heavy workload or long working hours. They have no time or
energy for leisure activities and needless to say, their family and friends hardly get to see them too. This can make
them feel lonely and depressed. Thus, working hard for money does not bring happiness but instead misery in this
case. Worse still, money is often the main culprit that ruins relationships. People frequently fight over money and this
can become a very serious problem, whether it is between friends or family members. For instance, it is not
uncommon to hear of family members fighting over inheritance or longtime business partners squabbling over money
-related matters. In some cases, ugly lawsuits ensue and relationships are destroyed forever. What then is the point of
having lots of money when there is no one to share it with? However, from a different perspective, money can
sometimes make one happy. For some, earning enough money to pay their monthly bills and put food on the table
makes them happy. For others, it could be saving up enough money to buy things of their interests or go on a dream
vacation. Having some savings instead of living pay coequal to pay coequal also gives one peace of mind. After all, a
person cannot possibly be happy if he or she is constantly worrying about running into financial difficulties. Hence,
money does buy happiness where one’s survival is concerned or when he wishes to satisfy his wants. Mark Twain
once said, “The lack of money is the root of all evil.” I agree with him as no one can survive without money in this
day and age. Like it or not, money matters and one’s financial situation has a direct bearing on his happiness. That
said, money does not guarantee contentment. Money often rears its ugly head and ruins relationships. One also has to
make sacrifices such as lack of family time in the pursuit of wealth and material comforts. Therefore, to be happy, I
think one must realize that there is more to happiness than money.