Creative essays are given to middle school and high school students as assignments for developing their skills in creative writing. Creative essay shows the creative writing skills and language skills of the student. They are expected to contain imaginative ideas of the writer. It differs from other more formal types of essays as the language use is more eloquent and artistic to give creativity to the writing. In some instances, a creative essay is written as a story. To write an essay of this nature, three types of creative writing can be utilizes. These include personal essays, memoirs, and literary journalism. A short creative essay can be similar to an extract from an autobiography if the initial two types of personal or memories methods are used.