HOW TO WRITE A PROFILE ESSAY

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• The writer of a personal profile has a little more responsibility than usual.

• First of all, it is necessary not only to compose a great textual content but conduct an interview with a person.

• Because the text will describe the person, interview is conducted first.

• The interviewer should observe the person and provide information about how the person looks, what has been achieved and how the person appears.

• Additionally, the behavior of the person has to be described as well.

• In order to get these details, appropriate questions are asked by the interviewer.

• Profile essay should be interesting to read.

• In order to achieve this, the writer should look for the exciting details about the person.

• One of the best ways to make the essay exciting, interviewer tries to reveal unique qualities that would be interesting.

STEP 1. THE INTERVIEW

• Conduct the interview with the person.

• However, you need to know some things about him or her before you actually sit and talk.

• Examine the background, hobbies, accomplishments and other facts that could serve as points for studying.

STEP 1. THE INTERVIEW

• Have your questions to the person ready before the interview.

• Focus your questions the way you could extract a thesis statement for your essay.

STEP 2. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY

• The first paragraph of your essay should provide clear identification of the person.

• Tell your readers who is that person, what he or she does, what has been accomplished and so on.

STEP 2. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY

• The main idea of the paper should identify a unique attribute of the person.

• This attribute will serve as the “hook” that will grab the attention of readers.

STEP 3. MAKE EFFECTIVE STRUCTURES

• For most profile papers it is recommended to use structure which is called inverted pyramid.

• It states that the paper should start with background of the person, and then continue with description, starting from the most important facts to the least important.

• So the reader gets interested with primary information and continues reading, which is your goal as a writer.

STEP 4. WRITE THE BODY

• Define how many paragraph the body of the paper will contain.

• For small length papers (200-250 words) the body could take only one paragraph.

• For lengthy papers you should consider making a body with two or three paragraphs. Do not exceed the limit of three.

STEP 5. MAKE A STRONG CONCLUSION

• The final paragraph of your paper should be effective.

• This means you have to restate your thesis statement and give your main points once again.

• However, be sure to rephrase them.

• It could also be a good idea to add personal thought about the person, but just one or two sentences.

STEP 5. MAKE A STRONG CONCLUSION

• Do not forget to check your profile essay for grammar and punctuation mistakes.

• Read the text and see what could be changed.

• In the end, if you feel satisfied about your work, go ahead and submit it.

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