Match each prompt to the type of essay it requires!!

An essay is a short, educative and informative type of writing and can be classified into many categories such as

i. Narrative essay: This kind of essay allows writers to tell a story about an incidence or occurrence which may or may not result from a personal experience. An example of narrative essay is: "My first job".

From the given options, the following belongs to the narrative essay category:

a. Describe the action at a recent sports event you watched or played in.

ii. Reflective essay: This form of essay is a similar to the narrative essay. A main difference is just that the purpose of reflective essay is for reflection purposes. In other words, the story talks about how the narrator has learnt from it or the effect it has had on them.

From the given options, the following belong to the reflective essay category:

a. Discuss your fondest childhood memories and how they made you who you are today.

b. Describe a time when you had to apologize to someone and how it felt.

c. If you were the president of the United States...

iii. Expository essay: This type of essay is usually intended for testing composition skills and the writer's knowledge and understanding of a particular subject. It is mostly used in academic settings where students are required to make researches, investigate an idea or concept and then expound on them.

From the given options, the following belong to the expository essay category:

a. How to plan a successful spring break.

b. Compare and contrast classroom learning with online learning

iv. Persuasive essays: This type of essay is intended to persuade a reader to accept the writer's point of view on a subject matter. It is a form of argumentative essay in which a point of view receives favouritism over another.

From the given options, the following belong to the persuasive essay category:

a. Teenagers should have the freedom to decide their own curfew.

b. After high school, students should travel before going to college.

Note: Some of these essays could belong to more than one category.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.