Conventionally, all essays can be divided into two major groups:
Personal essays
Where the foreground or the disclosure of which side the author's personality (such essays are often written on the entrance exams, or when applying for a job. Very often, seeing that the applicant - extraordinary personality has precisely the characteristics that are needed, the commission accepts it, even if the exams do not put them brilliantly;
Objective or "serious" essays
Where the personal principle is subject to the object descriptions, the task of the essay, in contrast to the story, is to inform about ideas, explanation, persuasion, ...