How to Write a Reflective Essay

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How to Write a Reflective Essay

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A reflective essay is an essay type based on your
own experience. Our everyday life is full of
more or less important events. Your task is to
look on them through the eyes of a young
philosopher. We recommend you to read this
information before you will write a reflective
essay.
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1. Choosing a Topic for Writing a Reflective
Essay

• If you have to write a reflective essay on a
  given topic, you may narrow it according to your
  own interests.
• Suppose you have to write a reflective essay
  about leadership.

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1. Ask yourself a question Am I a leader for
life? If your answer on this question is
positive, your reflective essay on a leadership
will be a detailed answer on the following
questions What is a leadership namely for you?
Can you imagine your life without being a leader?
What are the pros and cons of being a leader?
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2. In the case if your answer on this question is
No, Im not a leader for life, ask yourself the
next question Have I ever been in a situation
where I showed myself as a leader? If your
answer on this question is positive, you may
narrate an amusing story where you proved to be a
leader for a certain period of the time. Note
that in this case your essay has some elements of
a narrative essay type. To make your essay
reflective, you have to demonstrate your own
point of view and attitude to leadership. In
other words, your essay must contain something
like a philosophical discourse.
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3. In the case if your answer is negative on the
previous question, ask yourself the next
question How do I imagine a leaders
life?. You may describe a life of any person
who is a leader. It may be a man or a woman among
your relatives, friends or old acquaintances.
Dont forget that if you write a reflective
essay, you have to show your own opinion,
thoughts and ideas which are based on your
experience. The main question you need to answer
is What is a leadership, according to your own
point of view?
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2. Writing a Reflective Essay

• A reflective essay has a traditional structure
• An introduction paragraph.
• Body (or supporting) paragraphs.
• A concluding paragraph.

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An introduction paragraph is the first part of
your reflective essay. Your introduction should
contain 3 sub-parts a hook (something that
attracts a readers attention), some background
information, a thesis statement (your own point
of view). Body paragraphs are the biggest part
of your essay. You may write as many supporting
paragraphs as you want. A conclusion paragraph
is the last part of your reflective essay.
Demonstrate your own point of view on the given
topic one more time.
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P.S. Dont be afraid to express some original (or
even crazy) ideas on the given and well-known
topic. The more unpredictable thoughts you
present, the more attractive your essay is to
your potential readers.
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If you are a leader for life and everyone knows
you as the best and the first guy in everything
what you do, but inwardly you feel yourself as an
unprotected little boy, be frank and write about
your sincere feelings! In the case if your
situation is opposed to the previous one and
nobody knows and even suppose you as a leader,
however, you believe in your own potential power
and, moreover, you are sure that you have a big
inclination to manage other people, dont be shy
and express your real thoughts and desires on
paper!
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Good luck in writing a reflective essay!
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