The main contents of the chapter consist of the following: What is analysis essay? purpose of writing analysis essay, how to write a analysis essay? well written analysis essay, steps for writing a analysis essay, topic selection, dos and don’ts, common mistakes, how to analyze an essay? example.
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* What is Analysis Essay?
- Purpose of Writing Analysis Essay - How to Write a Analysis Essay?
* Well Written Analysis Essay
- Steps for Writing a Analysis Essay * Topic Selection
‘ Dos and Don'ts
Trang 3“For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest
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‘ The personal essay Is also one of the most popular forms of creative non-fiction - A personal essay can be based on a
personal experience that results in a lesson that you learn
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Essay
' A personal essay Is either a personal narrative in which the author writes about a personal incident
Of
' XDerlence that provided sIgniicant
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Essay
- Your subject can be about anything that you are passionate about
- You can write about a “turning point” in your life, or a milestone, or adversity, such as death, illness, divorce
The subject you choose must have provided you with significant personal meaning or a lesson that you have learned
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Narrative
-_A personal narrative has the following elements:
- It Is based on a personal experience in which you have gained significant meaning,
Insight, or learned a lesson It can also be based on a milestone or life-altering event
— It IS personal narrative The writer tells the Story by including’ dialogue, imagery, characterization, conflict, plot, and setting
— It Is written in the first person (“I’ point-of-
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Narrative
: It Is an autobiographical story in which the writer describes an _ incident that resulted In some _ personal growth or development
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Narrative
- The writer uses self-disclosure and Is honest with his/her readers
- The writer writes about a real life
experience The incident or experience
must have occurred The writer must use fact and truth
- The writer must dramatize the story by using the scene building technique A scene includes setting/location, intimate
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- The author Bill Roorbach states that the personal essay that Is based on a personal opinion has these
—- A personal essay Is a conversation with your readers
- The personal essay is an informed mixture of storytelling, facts, wisdom, and personality
- The personal essay examines a subject outside of yourself, but through the lens of
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- The personal essay strives to say what Is evident, and to come to a conclusion that the reader may agree or disagree
- A personal essay can wonder through its Subject, circle around it, get the long view
and the short always - providing
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Choose a topic you are interested In and passionate about, and that resulted In a lesson that you learned or_ personal meaning Here is how:
- Your writing needs to be a process of Inquiry So answer the 5-Ws: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
‘ Brainstorm your topic Create a list of
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- Think of a milestone, or something memorable, or a turning point in your life What were your impressions? What did you learn? What meaning came from the
personal experience?
- Be sure that your topic has a universal theme—such as hard work, love, death,
bravery, wisdom
‘ Your goal is to make others laugh, learn,
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Experiences
‘ Your goal is to make others laugh, learn, hope, empathize, sympathize with what you have written Your readers must be
able to identify with what you have written ‘ If something happened to you that was
Interesting, humorous, sad, and so forth, you can write about it
- Write about personal experiences that have taught you a lesson
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- There are some fantastic books available to help you learn to write a personal essay
Here are the books recommended:
—- Writing Life Stories: How to Make Memories into Memotr, Ideas into Essays, and Life into Literature by Bill Roorbach
— Writing Creative Nonfiction, edited by Philip Gerard
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Essay
‘ AS you read each essay, consider the following (in your notebook):
-_ Title/Author
- The Essence —
— What’s the main story?
— If you had to boil it down to a few sentences, what would they be?
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Essay - Key Details —
— How does the writer show as much as tell?
— Which details and images stand out and make the story vivid In your mind?
—- What helps make the piece “true” (in other words, authentic and specific) to the writer
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Essay
- Context -
—- What helps “place” the essential story Ina bigger picture?
—- What connections does the writer make between related ideas and experiences?
‘ Perspective —
— What’s the value of “distance” for the piece? — Is there an acknowledgement of time having
passed?
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Essay * Organization —
— How does the writer develop his/her ideas? — What Is the opening of the piece like?
— Is there a central “story”?
— How does the writer incorporate background Information?
—- Are there places where the writer diverges from the central story?
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Essay
* Language —
— When Is it uSed well to “Showcase” ideas?
— To establish the writer’s “voice”?
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lt is about now you realise that you’re beginning to grow up Talking about the ‘youth of today’ sets off alarm bells in your head because you’ve Started to distance yourself from this section of society You no longer include yourself in the category of ‘teenager’ or ‘adolescent’ Technically, you'll be a teenager until the end of your nineteenth year, but being as
mature and responsible as you are, you handily disregard this fact!
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Added to this burden of deciding what to do with the rest of your life, is the workload of the average Leaving Certificate pupil You seem to spend at least three hours every night doing homework alone Wondering when you'll get around to
revising fourth year work is useless — you simply DON’T HAVE
THE TIME! Every teacher seems to have some comment to make about how little work you’ve done, and how much
you've left to cover Being fulfilled, happy individuals, however,
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The last (and in my opinion the worst) part of saying farewell to adolescence Is that of being responsible for your own destiny Every teacher and parent in the country seems to
adopt the policy of constantly telling you that how you do in the Leaving Certificate Examinations in June is entirely up to you! Teachers remind you daily that they’re not afraid of work and they're doing the best they can for you If you don’t pull up
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All is not doom and gloom however, and whilst the negative side of growing up Is alive and well, there is also
another, more desirable side blossoming satisfactorily, if you look at the other side of the coin You begin to notice the
extent to which your family life changes Apart from a few
sensitive areas, you're pretty much a free agent Your parents
no longer freak out if you leave the house for more than half
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The last (and in my opinion the worst) part of saying farewell to adolescence Is that of being responsible for your own destiny Every teacher and parent in the country seems to
adopt the policy of constantly telling you that how you do in the Leaving Certificate Examinations in June is entirely up to you! Teachers remind you daily that they’re not afraid of work and they're doing the best they can for you If you don’t pull up
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