English Writing: Academic Essay Formats

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Essay Styles

Academic Essay Writing Checklist

The five-paragraph essay

ESL worksheet: the five-paragraph essay

Writing the five-paragraph Essay tutorial

The five-paragraph essay wizard 

Other formats

Argument and Opinion Essays

Argumentative Essays

Cause and Effect

Compare and Contrast

Comparison/Contrast Essays

Critiques

Descriptive Essay

Expository Essay

Extended Definition; Definitions 2

Description

Informal Essay

Narrative Essays

Persuasive Essays 1; Persuasive Essays 2

Problem and Solution

Process Essays

Reaction Essay

Research Essay