An analytical or expository essay is a genre of essay that requires the student to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and set forth an argument concerning that idea in a clear and concise manner. This can be accomplished through comparison and contrast, definition, example, the analysis of cause and effect, etc. A descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe an object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc.
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