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    What Is A Personal Essay

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    A personal essay is a short, autobiographical piece that focuses on personal thoughts and experiences rather than facts or events. It does not follow a strict chronology. The structure typically includes an introduction with a thesis statement, several paragraphs discussing the main topics, and a conclusion. When writing a personal essay, one should choose a meaningful topic, use an engaging opening, write from their own perspective, develop characters, outline their ideas, employ literary devices, read it aloud to edit, and have others review it. Suggested topics include bravery, friendships, family, overcoming fears, life choices, places, and impactful life events.

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    What Is A Personal Essay

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    A personal essay is a short, autobiographical piece that focuses on personal thoughts and experiences rather than facts or events. It does not follow a strict chronology. The structure typically includes an introduction with a thesis statement, several paragraphs discussing the main topics, and a conclusion. When writing a personal essay, one should choose a meaningful topic, use an engaging opening, write from their own perspective, develop characters, outline their ideas, employ literary devices, read it aloud to edit, and have others review it. Suggested topics include bravery, friendships, family, overcoming fears, life choices, places, and impactful life events.

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    A personal essay is a short, autobiographical piece that focuses on personal thoughts and experiences rather than facts or events. It does not follow a strict chronology. The structure typically includes an introduction with a thesis statement, several paragraphs discussing the main topics, and a conclusion. When writing a personal essay, one should choose a meaningful topic, use an engaging opening, write from their own perspective, develop characters, outline their ideas, employ literary devices, read it aloud to edit, and have others review it. Suggested topics include bravery, friendships, family, overcoming fears, life choices, places, and impactful life events.

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    What Is A Personal Essay

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    A personal essay is a short, autobiographical piece that focuses on personal thoughts and experiences rather than facts or events. It does not follow a strict chronology. The structure typically includes an introduction with a thesis statement, several paragraphs discussing the main topics, and a conclusion. When writing a personal essay, one should choose a meaningful topic, use an engaging opening, write from their own perspective, develop characters, outline their ideas, employ literary devices, read it aloud to edit, and have others review it. Suggested topics include bravery, friendships, family, overcoming fears, life choices, places, and impactful life events.

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    What Is a Personal Essay (Personal

    Statement)?

    A personal essay is a short work of autobiographical nonfiction characterized by a sense of


    intimacy and a conversational manner. Also called a personal statement.

    The personal essay is an attempt to write about thoughts and then to question as to why
    thinking those thoughts. Each person will define it differently.

    It differs from biography/memoir because it places no real importance on chronology.

    A personal essay wants the essayist’s considered reflections, whether they relate or not. This
    fragmentary nature makes it ideal for writing about and during times of transition and
    confusion.

    How is The Structure?

    If you want to understand what a personal essay is, you should first get familiar with its
    common structure. A regular personal essay, as well as any other type of the paper, should
    contain the following elements:

     Introduction. Start your personal essay with a brief introduction to the topic. Explain the
    main goal of your story, express your outlook on the subject and describe what results
    the reader will get at the end of the essay. Close this paragraph with a catchy thesis
    statement. It should contain a sentence about the aim of the paper and a hook to
    engage the audience;
     Main paragraphs. Their quantity depends on the number of issues you want to discuss.
    Start every paragraph with a topic sentence and then support it with arguments and
    additional details. If else is not indicated, try to limit the number of arguments to 3-5
    not to make your essay too long and boring;
     Conclusion. Close your essay with a summary of everything you have discussed in your
    work, making predictions for the future. Try not to add new information in this section,
    as it is only for summarizing the essay not for introduction new details.

    Here are the things you need to keep in mind, when working on your personal essay!

     The matter should be significant. It is quite boring for the audience to read about your
    routine, so you need to choose a topic, which arouse inner conflict, helped you to
    change your personality or caused a certain impact on your surrounding;

     Start with an opening sentence, which intrigues the audience. It can be a joke, a quote,
    a question or a brief introduction to the situation you are going to discuss. Don’t start
    with straightforward details if you want the reader to stick with you till the end;

     Always write from your own angle. You may feel tempted to use samples online or
    someone’s thoughts but remember that a personal essay is all about your experience
    and ideas. Stick only to them!

     Work on the characters. If you want your essay to be as informative and interesting as
    possible, you need to build thorough characteristics of every person in your essay;

     Write an outline. It is a plan of your future essay, which allows to stick to the point and
    follow the structure. With its help you won’t be able to miss important details and will
    make your essay detailed and vivid;

     Use various literary tools, like repetitions, metaphors, personifications and so on. They
    will enrich your text and will make your story stronger than ever;

     Read your essay aloud. With the help of such a simple technique, you will be able to find
    weak spots of your paper and eliminate them before the delivery;

     Ask your friends to read the essay or use online software to detect grammar and lexical
    errors. Most of the students neglect this important stage not knowing that in-text
    mistakes and typos greatly influence their final grades.

    The Topics

    A personal essay is an essay about your life, thoughts, or experiences. This type of essay will
    give readers a glimpse into your most intimate life experiences and life lessons. There are many
    reasons you may need to write a personal essay, from a simple class assignment to a college
    application requirement. You can use the list below for inspiration. Consider each statement a
    starting point, and write about a memorable moment that the prompt brings to mind.

     Your bravest moment


     How you met your best friend
     What makes your mom or dad special
     How you overcame a fear
     Why you will succeed
     Why you made a difficult choice
     A special place
     A place you try to avoid
     When a friend let you down
     An event that changed your life
     A special encounter with an animal
     A time when you felt out of place
     An odd experience that didn't make sense at the time

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