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General tips for academic reflections 2021

Published on Sep 16, 2021

Essays are classified into different types based on the specific goals that they have to fulfill. The essay’s name can often provide an insight into the goals of that particular essay. It is these aims that act as a lifeline for any content that has come to be embodied in these essays. So, make sure that you know the differences between all these types so that you can tell one essay from another "essay writer". Reflective essays, just like the name suggests, can be defined as being concerned with focusing on the several experiences that people may have. The word, “reflective’ has nostalgia attached to it. It signifies that this content would be based on looking back and reminiscing. The ideas that will be borne out of this rumination will lead you to your essay.

Unlike other essays, this is one that does not require any kind of academic research to gather facts and content. Nevertheless, there has to be something that you will need to look up in terms of tidbits and/or quotes so that the essay remains interesting and can be supplemented by some points that can increase the effect of nostalgia and reminiscence that this essay embodies.

Finding Something to Talk About

Think of an experience that has come to mean something deep and meaningful to you. It could be anything that has changed you as a person and provided you with an opportunity to grow or any happening that has forced you to think about something or in a way that you never have before. Even if it is something very simple that has made its mark on you, it can be turned into a reflective essay.

All you have to do is sit and think of anything that is related to the above-mentioned scenarios. The purpose of doing so at this point is to extract a thesis statement from inside this experience that can give meaning to the whole narrative. Whatever reflection your essay is based on, it can never be devoid of any sort of meaning. Pointless narratives cannot be the foundations upon which any kind of writing can be built and consolidated. There has to be a central theme that ties it all together.

Take notes and jot all the different dimensions of your experience or observation that you can remember, seem important to you, or mean something to you as far as these ideas and memories are concerned. Let your mind make some sort of sense out of the whole thing that you can turn into organized content. If you spend some time writing, recording, and refining your memories, you will end up with something. The challenge is to take this “something” and make it into a holistic “everything” so that it can become the basic building block of your essay.

A reflective essay is a task that has to fall on your shoulders and there is only so much help that anyone can bring you. Even if you decide to take some guidance from online writing services, it would be important to provide the hired experts with all the ideas, thesis statement, mind maps, a reflective essay outline, and the other general requirements of this essay so that you get the utmost out of the essay that has been written for you. The said essay has to be based on the uniqueness of your experience and observation which no one but you can bring.

Mind Maps that Lead you to Outlines

So, brainstorm your way to a killer outline because it has to be the guiding line for the professional writer whom you have hired to assist you. The writer will know nothing about you except what you provide access to because this is not something that can be researched online.

Plan an introduction that includes some extraordinary options for the hook that is tailored to your reflections. These hooks can act as forays into the context that you set. Be daring and paint the best picture to introduce your topic. Once you are sure that you have noted down all the points needed to do so, move on to planning the body.

The entire essay will talk about the different aspects of your reflections tied together by your thesis statement. The thesis statement will also hold topic sentences together. Each topic sentence will become a paragraph in its own right. Supplement all the topic sentences with some supporting ones. Make it a habit of adding a transitional sentence towards the end of each paragraph that leads one aspect of your reflections to the next.

Conclude by taking all that you have said into account so that there is no point that you miss out when the time comes to sew it all together. Take all the dimensions one by one and connect them to one another "write my essay". Lastly, link them to the thesis, and your work is already done. You could stop here but there is something that can add to the overall impact that your essay has the potential of making.

Give the reader some point to consider over and over again. It could be anything that you want others to understand or something that you want to seek answers to on your own. Just adding a point or two can really elevate the essay.

Once you have done away with these initial stages, treat this mind map as a blueprint of your outline.

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