english q3

• is a piece of prose

  writing in which the author tries

  to explain something or express

  his own thoughts and feelings

  about a subject.

  ESSAY
• The word “essay” comes

  from

  French
• essai meaning

  to attempt,

  to try.
• who introduced the

  essay. He was an English philosopher

  and statesman who served as Attorney

  General and Lord Chancellor of England

  under King James I.

  Francis Bacon
• had been

  writing down brief impressions of

  men and human affairs, and

  publishing them as Essais.


  Michel de Montaigne
• deals with

  serious topics, like death,

  science, progress, and

  civilization.

  FORMAL ESSAY
• deals with light topics

  such as walking in the rain, types of

  students, studying for exam, even

  sleeping.

  INFORMAL ESSAY
• was an

  American author, disability rights

  advocate, political activist and

  lecturer. When she was 19

  months old, a serious illness left

  her deaf and blind.


  HELEN KELLER
• After learning only seven

  lessons, she said with her voice,


  I am not dumb now.
• is a

  short account of some aspect of

  the writer's life.


  AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
• of an autobiography is

  to portray the life experiences and

  achievements of the author.

  PURPOSE
• It can include information about when

  and where the subject was born, their

  childhood, important events in their

  lives including information about what

  they did or achieved.

  FEATURES
• word names an object

  that can be recognized by the

  sense. It refers to tangible,

  qualities or characteristics


  CONCRETE
• words name ideas, qualities,

  or characteristics. It refer to intangible

  qualities, ideas, and concepts. These

  words indicate things we know only

  through our intellect

  ABSTRACT