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ESSAYSource: Introduction to Humanities, Lamucho; Philippine
Literature, Dones
What is Essay?•Non-fiction
•Writer’s opinion or explanation about a certain topic.
•Essay is from Michel de Montague’s collection of short prose writings – Essais (or attempts).
•Assay means to test or to evaluate.
Other noted English writers of formal essays:•Alexander Pope: An Essay on Criticism (1771)
•William Hazlitt: Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays (1871)
•Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature (1836)
•Susan Sontag: Styles of Radical Will (1969)
Elements of Essay:
Style
•Mode or tone
•Attitude
•Sensibility
Design
•Unfold and
explain the
truth
Sequence
•Logical order
of details
Two General Types of EssayFormal (Impersonal Essay)
•Serious and important topics
•Teach and instruct
Informal(Familiar Essay)
•Ordinary subjects
•Emotion than intellect
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