This document describes different forms and styles of essay writing including descriptive, narrative, exemplification, compare and contrast, cause and effect, classification and division, definition, dialectic, history/thesis, and other logical structures. Each form has distinguishing features and techniques for organization, purpose, audience consideration, and arrangement of content. Key elements like sensory details, plot, examples, points of comparison, causal chains, and categorization are used across the different styles.

1. Forms and Styles