EGL 121 Respond Discussion 1

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Personal Writing, the Tone, and language of a personal essay should be less formal and more conversational. The piece may include dialogue and should be placed correctly in quotations. Many times, personal writing is in the First-person form and contains pronouns such as “I,” “me,” “us,” and “we.” the structure of personal writing tells a story from beginning to end. There are no headings, and there is a narrative, from the person writing the essay.

Persuasive and argumentative essays are different as they are meant to convince the reader of a point of view. Persuasive and argumentative writings are similar but not identical. Persuasive relies more on the emotions of the reader to get them to agree with their point of view, while argumentative is more logical and lead to one conclusion. The forms of these essays have to be well written and clear. These essays must be well-organized beginning to end, to prove the author’s point or persuade the audience.

Expository: Point of view - Exposition essays focus on subject matter. Most likely written in third- person point of view. Structure - Exposition essays must have an introduction to a clear thesis. They have to be written in priority, sequence or chronological order. Modifications and the usage of signal words are important Tones - Expository writing uses facts and supporting statistics, words that are crystal-clear and descriptive.

My journal entry most closely resembles the personal essay method, because in writing based on my own experience.

Question: Does a slanted or biased opinion affect the tone no matter the type of genre?

Reference

Connell, Christene M., Sole, Kathy. (2013). Essentials of College Writing 2nd Edition. (n.p.): Bridgepoint Education, Inc.