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THIS I BELIEVE Writing the Personal Essay

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THIS I BELIEVEWriting the Personal Essay

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The Personal Essay

Your first composition will be a personal essay about one of your most-valued beliefs.

For examples of what you’ll write, visit www.thisibelieve.org

First, you must know the difference between a personal essay, personal narrative, and personal memoir.

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Three Personality Types

Personal Essay – Focused on a belief or insight about life that is significant to the writer.

Personal Narrative – Focused on a significant event.

Personal Memoir – Focused on a significant relationship between the writer and a person, place, or object.

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The Personal Essay

While the personal essay focuses on a belief or insight about life, it’s important to understand that to reveal that insight you must include aspects from both the narrative essay and the memoir.

Insights and beliefs are usually based upon experiences and relationships that have taught the writer what individual values are most important.

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Examples of Essay, Narrative and memoir

The documents described here can be found on Moodle. Be sure to open these before continuing.

Open the following stories and read them: Personal Narrative: “My Pal,

Robert” Personal Memoir: “My First

Lifeline” Personal Essay: “A Doubting,

Questioning Mind”

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The Topics Overview

Here are six prompts to get you thinking about writing your personal essay (See Composition #1-Free Write):

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Topic #1 – Broken Promises Most of us have been in a situation

where we made a promise that for one reason or another we were unable to keep. When were you disappointed because

someone made you a promise that they failed to keep? Or when did you break a promise that you made to someone else?

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Topics #2 – Work in Progress All of us are works in progress with

a long way to go before we reach our full potential. In what skill or area are you still working to

make progress?

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Topic #3 – My Hero

Our society uses the word hero in many different ways? How do you define hero, and who is a hero

in your life?

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Topic #4 – Judging a Book By Its Cover

We all tend to judge people by their appearances, even though looks can be deceiving. Have you ever prejudged someone

incorrectly based on their appearance or has someone ever prejudged you unfairly based on how you look?

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Topic #5 – My Hurdles

Everyone has problems or challenges to overcome. What obstacles are you proud to have

faced and conquered?

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Topic #6 – “I’m sorry”

There is a famous adage: "To err is human, to forgive divine.” When did you feel divine because you were

able to forgive someone for their mistake? When did someone act divine by forgiving you when you were wrong?


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