What is the difference between reading notes and essays?

The difference between notes and essays;

First, different meanings:

1, reading notes refer to the main points and experiences of reading, a single article and a collection of many written books, which are called "reading notes".

2. Essay is a branch of prose and a variant of argumentative essay, which is both argumentative and lyrical. Usually short in length and diverse in form, the author used various rhetorical devices to convey his views and emotions, and his language was smart, gentle and ironic, which was a popular style in the past.

As a literary style, essays were initiated by Montaigne, a French essayist. Usually refers to a prose genre, casual recording, lyricism, narrative or comment is informal and short, or refers to the records made during class and reading.

Second, the classification is different:

1, reading notes are classified as: teaching notes, reading notes, mood notes, home visit notes, etc.

2. The thesis is divided into the following categories:

Narrative:

Narratives are mostly based on fragments of daily life or the author's accidental experience, and the basic content is narrative writing. The theme of essays is to write feelings and see things, and its expression is often integrated into the author's subjective feelings, sometimes directly expressing his thoughts and sometimes hiding behind the words; It often describes ordinary things that everyone has experienced, but after careful appreciation, they will perceive the secular and understand the truth of life.

Argumentative paper:

This kind of essay is also called "random feeling" or "miscellaneous feeling" The so-called "sui" means to write it down casually rather than deliberately; The so-called "miscellaneous" refers to a wide range of contents, ranging from social problems and philosophy of life to trivial matters, affairs, pets, birds and beasts, campus customs, study experiences, book reviews, relatives and friends.

However, the focus of the essay is still the word "feeling". The author should have feelings, even a little thinking, feeling and flashing ideas can be brought into the article. Don't put on airs and keep a casual style.

Explanatory essay:

Li Xianyao wrote an essay on the relationship between man and nature, Favorite of Heaven, which focused on various natural landscapes, expressed his love for nature, and tried to strengthen people's ecological awareness.

Therefore, descriptive essays are different from pure expository essays. They attach importance to the interest in things and have the nature of appreciation. Sometimes they express their feelings through things and have other sustenance. "Moshan Flooding" often depicts the various forms of nature accurately and vividly with fragments of words. To practice this kind of essays, we should capture the life of things with fine and keen observation, and write lightly, not deliberately.