Is there any specific structure? What is a personal reaction essay? Please don't answer if you don't really know about it. I don't want false alerts.
2006-07-26 07:06:40 · 13 answers · asked by moonmip12 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I am supposed to compose a personal reaction essay on a theme in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" I have my theme, but does this type of essay have a thesis? What about subtopics? Am I supposed to show how the theme is demostrated within the novel? All help would be greatly appreciated :)
2006-07-26 15:50:19 · update #1
I am supposed to compose a personal reaction essay on a theme in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" I have my theme, but does this type of essay have a thesis? What about subtopics? Am I supposed to show how the theme is demostrated within the novel? All help would be greatly appreciated :) Also, to all those who believe that I am looking for a "quick fix" just to quote one of the answers, I would like to inform eveyone that I have indeed read the book and developed my theme. I am merely questioning the structure of this type of essay :)
2006-07-26 20:30:31 · update #2
http://www.tee-garden.com/eberman/PersonalReactionResponseEssay.htm
this website is an outline of the personal reaction essay.
2006-07-26 07:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 14⤊ 1⤋
OK...Short and Sweet...all a personal reaction ESSAY SIMPLY is...is what you think of the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Stop hunting for an answer to something that is your own reaction to what you think of a book you read. Plainly enough, yes it has to be wrote in ESSAY form, but YOU have to READ THE BOOK and give your personal reaction from it. There is NO easy way out or cliffs notes. This is going to be what you think of a book you read and write what you think of it in an essay format. Well, what are you waiting for? Get to reading and then writing. This is so simple and sadly if you didn't read the book, THERE IS NO QUICK FIX!
2006-07-26 17:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by luckyduckie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A personal reaction essay is just opinion (or reaction) to whatever the topic is. Usually you were assigned to read a story or article or watch a video then react to it. This is your opportunity to draw on your own personal life experiences to react to the topic. There is no right format to my knowledge. I always liked the 5 paragraph style personally, but I don't think it is a rule.
Just write what you read/saw in paragraph one and if you liked it.
Then in the next 2 or 3 write about how you felt about it and why.
Sum it all up at the end and slap a bow on it, you're done.
They have to be the easiest essays you will ever write so don't stress about it.
Good Luck
2006-07-26 12:15:39 · answer #3 · answered by az 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A personal reaction essay generally consists of free-writing which can then be restructured to fit your writing style or the expectations of the professor. Pick a moment that had a major impact on your life, or something that impacted you greatly at that particular point in time, and just write your perceptions down. Leave nothing out while composing the rough draft; you can edit later.
Standard essays consist of 5 to 7 paragraphs with 3 to 5 sentences each. Take your notes, put them in outline form, and use your outline to form your paragraphs. if you have a freer thinking professor, ask him/her what specific structure he/she requires to see how much latitude you have and how much you can incorporate your original style.
2006-07-26 13:25:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy crud! "Personal..." what??? In my day, it was either an essay or a thesis. My kids were told to write something for school and then got ticked off at me 'cos I had no clue what they were talking about! The teachers today want the parents to help their children with their homework, but yet nobody seems to understand what's expected or how to explain what's expected!
2006-07-26 18:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by coorissee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a personal reaction essay is your reaction on something that has happened.....
for example if someone took away something important to you or stole something for you what would you do?
there is no specific structure unless someone told you to write it a a certain structure, such as a three chunk paragraph.
Did someone tell you to write a personal reaction essay or are you just wondering?
2006-07-26 14:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by 2Smart4U but I'll give u adv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just a regular essay, but the source will be your own opinion. You can back up your opinion with other sources but it should be written down in your essay.
2006-07-26 07:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by ♫believer♪ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million- i think of this is nice to place in writing a pair of private journey, so which you would be able to write approximately an journey of divorce that occurred to a minimum of one among your family members or acquaintances' father and mom and how this undesirable journey affected on him/her and alter his/her existence . you need to show the way it gave you the prospect to think of on the subject of the relatives and the importance of your father and mom and their love on your existence. some thing which you reside with yet you probably did no longer be responsive to its importance till you felt it so close of you with the aid of seeing the exchange in the existence of your buddy or of your relative. you utilize to look at your loved ones as a classic element yet you haven't any longer thought on the subject of the importance of its existence. on the tip, you need to describe the way you appreciate your father and mom and what they do to make you happy.
2016-10-08 08:33:34 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way to write anything is write down whatever your thinking and feeling in your head & heart!
2006-07-26 12:23:33 · answer #9 · answered by redirishactress 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that what we do here, at Yahoo Answers, only in a more abbreviated format?
2006-07-26 10:44:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋