This chapter contains the following sections:
- PART A: The Illustration Essay
- PART B: The Narrative Essay
- PART C: The Descriptive Essay
- PART D: The Process Essay
- PART E: The Definition Essay
- PART F: The Comparison or Contrast Essay
- PART G: The Classification Essay
- PART H: The Cause and Effect Essay
- PART I: The Persuasive Essay
Chapter introduction:
Because an essay is like an expanded paragraph, the methods for developing and
organizing a paragraph that you learned in Unit 3-illustration, process, and so
forth-can also be used to develop an entire essay. The rest of this chapter will
show you how.
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