This document provides guidance on how to write a successful personal essay. It emphasizes using active voice and specific, descriptive language to engage the reader. The personal essay is meant to showcase your unique writing style and voice. Key elements to focus on include using active rather than passive voice, providing descriptive details to illustrate events, and writing genuinely from your own feelings and perspective without weak language. Staying true to your own opinion is important to clearly convey your position to the reader.

1. HOW TO WRITE A
PERSONAL ESSAY
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2. • When you enter college, personal essay may be the first
assignment you get from your professor.
• You don’t 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.

3. • 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 let’s see how to write a great personal essay in this
post.

4. • 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.

5. 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. Let’s compare the following
examples:
1.An interesting assignment was given.
2.The second day and Ms. Johnson has already given me an interesting
personal essay to write.

6. 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.

7. 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.
• Let’s compare the examples once again and see the difference
between boring and interesting structures.

8. LANGUAGE
1. Ms. Johnson’s 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.

9. 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.

10. 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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