
Crafting a Narrative Personal statement and optional essays ![]() Discussion Questions Q1 In your own words, please briefly summarize the article. Q2 If a stranger asked you, “Tell me about yourself,” how would you respond? Q3 If you were asked, “Tell me about yourself,” in a job or admission interview, how would you present yourself? Q4 Have you ever written an essay about yourself? Have you found that experience rewarding? Difficult? Q5 The writer says it’s is important to “implicitly” answer important questions in your personal statement using the narrative technique of showing rather than telling. Can you explain what that means using specific examples? Q6 Describe yourself emphasizing your strengths and ask your tutor how effective your description was. Q7 (Follow up to Q5) Compare their response to how you thought you did. Where do you think the discrepancy between you and your tutor’s evaluations come from (if there are any)? Q8 If you had to distinguish yourself from other job or graduate program applicants, what would you emphasize? Q9 If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down. Expressions draw parallels between to describe or indicate ways in which two apparently different things are similar 例句 1 Kate, in her essay, drew parallels between religion and pop culture. 例句 2 John insinuated that his brother was at fault by drawing parallels between him and a criminal. unwittingly unintentionally, without being aware 例句 1 The executive director unwittingly involved themself in a controversy that caused a public relations fiasco. 例句 2 She had unwittingly exposed her true intentions. |
| *本教材是專爲使用Ringle學習英文的學員設計。 |