Essays: Decision 1: Approach

When you sit down to write your piece, you must decide whether you are:

giving directions; or,
reporting events; or
explaining ideas; or,
persuading; or 
inventing a story. 

We can cross out the last because here we are doing composition, not creative writing.  

Which approach are you going to be using? Start from here: once you know this, you can decide on your "pattern of development" (q.v.). 

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