In this section we help you improve your academic essay writing.  As in the general Academic Writing site, we target issues of language*, content, organisation and argumentation.   We start with a couple of examples of different styles of essay: 

• Essay types, styles & functions

Essay type or "style"	+    Examples
Expository	Buying behaviour**
Argumentative	The rise in the divorce rate

• Introduction
• Development
• Conclusion

* Check your language awareness: go to the Language Delicacy section
[For a more guided program on essay writing, see the Writing Machine]
** See here for an outline to this essay
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