The Online Writing Lab of Roane State Community College

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Types of Essays & Student Samples

• Answering Timed Essay Questions
• Argumentation/Proposals: Anticipating Objections and Making Concessions
• Argumentative Essay
• Student Sample: Cry Wolf (with sources)
• Discussion of Cry Wolf, More . . . (with sources)
• Student Sample: A Shattered Sky (with sources)
• Student Sample: The Use of Landmines (with sources)
• Student Sample: The Faceless Teacher (without sources)
• Cause and Effect Essays
• Student Sample: The Desired Look: Nothing But Bones

• Comparison and Contrast Essays

• Student Sample: Shades of Being Human
• Student Sample: McDonald's and Fox's Diner
• Definition Essays
• Student Sample: An Extra-Large Editorial (Subjectively Speaking)
• Descriptive Essays
• Student Sample: Young Lions, Young Ladies
• Student Sample: The Old Fence
• Student Sample: The Curse of the Dump
• Student Sample: Diller's Dilemma
• Student Sample: Lou’s Place (NEW!)
• Division and Classification
• Student Sample: Shades of Character
• Student Sample: Rehabilitative Therapies
• Evaluation Essays
• Example Paper
• Student Sample: The Backstreet Boys: A Popular Rock Band
• Informational Interviews
• Literary Analysis: Terms
• Literary Analysis Essays
• Student Sample: Deep Desires that Transcend Time
• Student Sample: The Practices of Dr. Rank
• Narrative Essays
• Student Sample: Holiday Warfare
• Student Sample: Leandro
• Student Sample: Small-Town Terror

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Revised May 2003