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What is a Personal Essay?

 Personal memoir: focused on a significant relationship between the writer and a person, place, or object. A memoir deals with a segment or period of time (teenage years; relationship with a family member).  Personal narrative: focused on a significant event. You want to tell a story.  Personal essay: focused on belief or insight about life that is significant to the writer.

What is a Personal Essay?  A personal essay is the "inner story"; that is, the story of your thinking.  You want to dig deeper; to discover what you really think and feel.

What is a Personal essay?  A personal essay often combines elements of both the narrative and the memoir since an insight about life or a personal belief is usually based upon both experiences and relationships that have taught the writer what individual values are most important.  A personal essay is NOT your opinion about a topic. It is based on your own personal experience. What has life taught you?

What is a Personal Essay?  Listen to the following personal essay called Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces.  Listen for the author’s focused purpose. (What is the author trying to say here?)

What is a Personal Essay?  Take out your Writer’s Notebook and write for 10 minutes about what really matters most to you.

Personal Essay vs. Transactive Writing  Communicates the significance of a central idea or insight that has a deep personal meaning to the writer.  Purpose is more reflective, although the tone may sound persuasive  Development of the piece is based upon the writer’s personal experiences or anecdotes.  More informal in tone, language, and subject matter.  Conveys information to a reader who knows less than the writer; may attempt to convince a reader to take a particular action or believe a certain way.  Purpose is more persuasive, an attempt to convince others to agree with the writer’s position.  Development of the piece is based upon research from credible resources.  More formal in tone, language, and topic selection.