How to write a Personal Essay

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HOW TO WRITE A PERSONAL ESSAY
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• When you enter college, personal essay may be
  the first assignment you get from your professor.
  
• You dont need to worry because such essays are
  often considered the easiest during studying in
  college or university.
• The reason is, you need to give information
  about the moment from your life so there is not a
  lot of research to do.

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• However, it is important to remember that there
  should be some specific elements that your
  professor will be looking for during evaluation
  of your work.
• Always remember that personal essay is a test
  which is intended to give the professor an idea
  of your writing style, language and voice.
• So lets see how to write a great personal essay
  in this post.

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• We all know that essays should contain
  introduction, body and conclusion.
• These elements are essential but will focus on
  the techniques on how to make your essay
  interesting and show your grasp on voice and
  language.

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LANGUAGE

• It is important to remember that using right
  language for your personal essay is much more
  than using correct grammar.
• First of all, this work is personal. Therefore,
  you should use more active voice in your text.
  Lets compare the following examples
• An interesting assignment was given.
• The second day and Ms. Johnson has already given
  me an interesting personal essay to write.

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LANGUAGE

• The first example shows passive structure of the
  sentence.
• It uses more academic style of writing and does
  not sound personal.
• Besides, the sentence does not give any
  information on who is performing the action.
• Your professor will most definitely looking and
  examining how you used active voice so make sure
  you included it in your personal essay.

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LANGUAGE

• Be specific when describing the events in your
  work.
• You need to keep in mind that personal essays
  are your own view on the topic which is original
  and unique.
• In case when you do not include enough
  descriptions to your sentences, they might become
  boring so the readers interest will be lost.
• Lets compare the examples once again and see
  the difference between boring and interesting
  structures.

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LANGUAGE

• Ms. Johnsons assignment was exciting.
• 2. The moment Ms. Johnson told us about the new
  assignment, I immediately had several ideas on
  how to write it and the class was over before I
  knew it.
• The second example gives information about your
  feelings and how you were excited about new task
  form your teacher.
• Your readers will most definitely find it more
  interesting than the first one.

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VOICE

• Write from your heart.
• It will be much easier for your readers to
  connect with you and respond to your paper.
• Make your personal essay full of your feelings
  so people can relate to it.

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VOICE

• Stay close and distinctive to your own opinion
  and make sure others understand your position.
• Personal essays should not use weak words.
• They are should, would and could.
• These words show that the writer is not sure
  about what position to take.

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