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a piece of writing that discusses a topic, e.g. He wrote an essay on French culture. There are several types of essays. See argumentative essay, descriptive essay, discursive essay, expository essay, literary essay, narrative essay and reflective essay.
words that are spelt the same but have different meanings, e.g. We climbed up the river bank to...
a sentence in which the main clause is at the end of the sentence, e.g. Although it is raining,...
action taking place in the order that things actually happen, e.g. The author wrote the events...
refers to the need for an introduction, a body and a conclusion in a piece of writing. This...
the final part of the editing process that involves checking the work again to make sure that it...