THE essay it has a lot of weight in the exams that give access to the University. To write a good essay, it's critical to read and practice.
In addition, it is important to pay attention to the planning, text structure, the correct use of the language and the essential rules of the coherence and of the cohesion.
Essays can be essay, descriptive or narrative. Each type of text requires special care.
Main Types of Writing
1. Dissertation
The dissertation is an argumentative text in which the writer talks about a certain subject, but always with an opinionated content.
O essay text it is based on the presentation of the speaker's ideas, arguments and point of view. It presents a basic structure divided into three parts: introduction (thesis), development (antithesis) and conclusion (new thesis).
2. Description
THE description it is a text based on the exhibition/report of objects, people, places, events. Therefore, the description is based on a detailed narration in which the speaker offers an impression about something.
The description can be objective (direct, simple, concrete description) or subjective (when there is emotion present).
3. Narration
The most striking feature of the narration is that in this type of text the speaker tells or narrates a fact, a story.
For this reason, the basic elements of a narration are: plot, time, space and characters.
It is done through a narrator, which can be character narrator (1st person), observing narrator (3rd person) or omniscient narrator (1st and 3rd person).
Nevertheless, the character narrator participates in the story while the observing narrator does not participate in the story. The omniscient narrator tells the story in 3rd person and can intervene in the narrative through the 1st person.
Coherence
THE coherence it is a very important feature of the text and is closely related to the meaning of the textual fabric.
Therefore, we must take into account the three basic principles for a text to be coherent:
- Principle of Non-Contradiction (ideas that contradict each other);
- Principle of Non-Tautology (excessive repetition of words or ideas);
- Principle of Relevance (texts that do not relate).
And the logical relationship between the ideas of a text, making them complement each other and not contradict each other. With this, it forms a significant "whole", which is the text.
Cohesion
From the verb coerir, that is, to unite, to bind, to cohesion of the text is based on the correct use of the connectives.
It is very important to remember that a text is not a tangle of sentences and, for this reason, cohesion is a fundamental characteristic to make the text cohesive. It is the harmonious connection between the parts of the text, paragraph and sentence.
There are many connectives in a text and their use will depend on the idea to be conveyed.
There are connectives of priority, tense, similarity, condition, addition, doubt, emphasis, surprise, clarification, place, conclusion, purpose, cause and consequence, explanation, opposition or ideas alternatives.
These cohesive elements establish the connection between the terms. Are they:
- at conjunctions
- at prepositions
- you adverbs
- you pronouns
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