A teacher interested in determining the effect of a new computer program on learning to read conducted a study. One hundred students were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The first group used the computer program while the second group did not. Both groups were tested to determine how much their reading levels improved. The results for the two groups were compared. What kind of study is this? (2 points) This is an experiment because a treatment was applied to a group.
This is an experiment because students were able to choose which group to join. This is a survey because students were randomly assigned to groups.
This is a survey because a treatment was applied to both groups.

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal. Formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc.[1]

Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population are counterexamples.

In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills; admission essays are often used by universities in selecting applicants, and in the humanities and social sciences essays are often used as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams.

The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other media beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary filmmaking styles and focuses more on the evolution of a theme or idea. A photographic essay covers a topic with a linked series of photographs that may have accompanying text or captions.

Contents

1Definitions

2History

2.1Montaigne

2.2Europe

2.3Japan

2.4China

3Forms and styles

3.1Cause and effect

3.2Classification and division

3.3Compare and contrast

3.4Expository

3.5Descriptive

3.6Dialectic

3.7Exemplification

3.8Familiar

3.9History (thesis)

3.10Narrative

3.11Argumentative

3.12Process

3.13Economic

3.14Reflective

3.15Other logical structures

4Academic

5Magazine or newspaper

6Employment

7Non-literary types

7.1Film

7.2Music

7.3Photography

7.4Visual arts

8See also

9References

10Further reading

11External links

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