English 10 Quarter 3: Types of Essays Quiz

Reviewer in English 10 - Quarter 3 Periodic Test - Types of Essays

• Informative Essay: Educates the reader on a specific topic without presenting opinions or trying to persuade. Aims to provide clear and accurate information.

  • Structure: Introduction (defines topic, provides background, creates thesis), Main Body (typically 3 paragraphs discussing different aspects of the topic), Conclusion (reworks thesis, reiterates importance, offers forecasts).
  • Techniques: Use factual data, examples, explanations, clear concise language, avoid personal opinions.

• Persuasive Essay: Aims to convince the reader to adopt a certain point of view or take a specific action. Employs logic and emotional appeals.

  • Structure: Introduction (grabs attention, provides background, defines unusual terms, states thesis), Body Paragraphs (each paragraph supports thesis with a single point, includes topic sentences, evidence, and explanations), Conclusion (summarizes main points, establishes significance, leaves reader with something to think about).
  • Techniques: Logical reasoning, solid evidence, emotional appeals, personal anecdotes, expert quotes, statistics.

• Argumentative Essay: Presents both sides of an argument. Focused on logical reasoning and factual evidence. Addresses counterarguments.

  • Structure: Introduction (introduces topic, provides background, states clear thesis), Body Paragraphs (presents reasons supporting thesis, covers different ideas/evidence, addresses opposing viewpoints with refutations), Conclusion (restates thesis, summarizes arguments, appeals to reader's emotions without introducing new facts).
  • Techniques: Focus on logic and reasoning, factual evidence, acknowledge and refute counterarguments.

Literary Criticism - Moralist, Feminist, and Marxist Approaches

• Moralist Approach: Examines ethical lessons, values, and moral messages in a literary work. Evaluates whether a story promotes good behavior, teaches a life lesson, upholds moral values.

  • Key Points: Moral lessons, character behavior, consequences of actions, real-life application, author's message.

• Feminist Approach: Seeks to understand and challenge social, political, and economic inequalities faced by women and marginalized genders. Focuses on gender equality, dismantling patriarchal systems, and addressing sexism, discrimination, and oppression.

  • Key Points: How women's lives are portrayed, challenges or affirmations of traditional views of women, reflection of patriarchal forces, marital expectations, impact on character decisions.

• Marxist Approach: Shows relationship between literature and social-mainly economic-conditions of its creation. Examines text in relation to social class, economic systems, power structures, and how literature reflects or challenges class struggles and control.

  • Key Points: Socioeconomic conditions, class struggles, economic systems, power structures, how literature reflects class struggles and ideological control. (Uses social class, occupations, and the means of production to analyse characters, stories, authors and their relationships.).