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An Essay About Myself: Writing Tips and Tricks

A good place to start with any kind of essay is this paragraph and essay writing course on Udemy. It will walk you through the basic skills that you need to know as well as give you more advanced tips and tricks for writing great essays. However, there is still more that you need to know for this particular type of essay. Let’s start with the very beginning – coming up with an idea.

Ideas for Personal Essays 

Whether you’ve been given a prompt (for example, “Write about the time in your life when you were happiest,”) or you’re starting from scratch, coming up with an idea can be difficult. One thing to keep in mind is that for your personal essay to really stand out, you need to write about an experience that not everybody goes through.
An important experience like your wedding day, the birth of a child or sibling, or an achievement such as graduating high school may have deep meaning for you. However, these are things that many people go through, and may not be particularly interesting for a reader. Think instead of the personal struggles that you might have gone through to make those accomplishments possible, and write about that instead.
There are many great courses on Udemy that can help you learn how to come up with great ideas. Consider checking one out if you regularly find yourself blocked creativity, or if you find that your ideas are a bit on the bland side. One tip that might help you is to discard the first five ideas you may come up with – if they’re the first thing you think of, they are likely the first thing others have thought of as well. After all, if you really want to stand out amongst a sea of essays, you don’t want to be writing on the same topics.

Beginning Your Essay

Your personal essay is essentially the story of your life – or at least, the story of one important moment or journey you have made in your life. Therefore, you should try as much as possible to think of your essay as if it were a story. Let’s take a look at some of the worst possible beginnings for a personal essay:

• “My name is Jane…”
• “When I was born…”
• “The happiest time in my life was when…”

Why are these bad? The answer is simple – you aren’t doing anything to capture the reader’s interest. At best, you are telling the reader something that they already know. At worst, you are using a very clichéd opening the reader has likely heard plenty of times already.
Try opening your personal essay by saying something unexpected, or by opening with a vivid and exciting memory from your life that ties directly into the essay you are writing. Look at these examples for contrast:

• “The tornado ripped through town. I could hear it whistling like a train as I hid in the bathroom with my brother and sister…”
• “I learned that my grandmother had died the day after my first school play.”

Writing About Sensitive Subjects 

Sometimes you may feel driven to write about sensitive subjects in a personal essay, but how should this type of material be approached? First and foremost, do remember that you should choose the appropriate material for the audience you are writing for. While it may be okay to talk about a topic such as mental illness or poverty in an essay for a university application, you likely would not want to discuss any questionable things you might have done in the past, such as cheating on exams in high school.
Many people may wonder how to approach situations in which they want to talk about other people in their life, but don’t want to give away details that could identify them or implicate them in something without their consent. Remember that when it comes to writing personal essays, it is okay to change some details or facts such as names and dates if you find it necessary to do so out of respect for others.

Ending the Essay 

For many people, the only thing harder than beginning a personal essay is ending one. After all, the story of your life isn’t over. So where do you say, “The End?” There are a few tips to keep in mind to properly end this kind of essay.
First, where does the story that you are telling end? If you were telling the story of recovering after the death of a loved one, you might choose the moment where you finally began to heal. If you were telling the story of overcoming a problem such as dyslexia, you could end with getting your first A in English class.
You may also consider an ending that mirrors the beginning of your essay. If you started with the story of being bullied, you may end your essay by talking about how you helped another person who was being bullied.
Just think creatively. Remember, your personal essay may be the truth, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t think of it from a creative writing mindset. Udemy offers a course on memoir writing that could be ideal for those looking to go deeper into writing about the things that they have experienced in their lives. For those who don’t need to go quite into that much depth but who need help writing an essay for their college application, Udemy offers assistance with that as well. Be sure to check the course out so you can write the best personal essay possible.

Tokyo Tower

Japan is one of many developed countries in the world, located in East Asia. Japan are very advanced in technology but still has strong custom and culture. There are a lot of interesting places to travel that contain cultural nuances. There are Mount Fuji, Osaka Castle, YokohamaTower, Himeji Castle, Tokyo Tower and etcetera. Tokyo Tower is a place that tourists must visit in Tokyo.

Built in 1958, Tokyo Tower is one of the best-known towers and located in Shibakouen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It height is 1,092 feet (333 meters), it weight is 4,000 tons. It becomesthe second tallest structure in Japan after Tokyo Skytree.Every 5 years the tower is repainted and the process takes about 12 months. Tokyo Tower is a great and beautiful city’s skyline.

            

 At the height 150 m is main observatory, visitors can see view of the whole Kanto region, it has store and coffee shop. At the height 250 m is special observatory, from this part on the top floor of Tower we can see Mount Fuji and Mount Tsukuba. At night, we can enjpy a breath-taking view by city neon lights. At the 333 m, there are lighthing rod, obstruction light, vane anemometer.

Why We Should Make Eye Contact

People say that the eyes are a "window to the soul" - that they can tell us much about a person just by gazing into them. Given that we cannot, for example, control the size of our pupils, body language experts can deduce much of a person's state by factors relating to the eyes.

Eye Contact

For making contact and communicating with a person, effective eye contact is essential to our every day interaction with people, and also to those who want to be effective communicators in the public arena

Eye Direction

What does the direction is someone looking in tell us about what they're thinking or feeling? Well, probably just what they're looking at.

The thing to look out for is the direction someone's eyes are looking in when they're thinking. Looking to their left indicates that they're reminiscing or trying to remember something. On the other hand, looking to their right indicates more creative thoughts, and this is often interpreted as a potential sign that someone may be being deceitful in some situations, i.e. creating a version of events.

Should You Make Eye Contact?

The invention and wide use of eye tracking technology in psychological studies means we can finally re-visit that old chestnut that absolutely everyone has heard of about speaking:  make eye contact.

And apparently it’s time to re-think that old rule.

A recent study, not surprisingly, perhaps, shows that it’s not as simple as just, “Make eye contact with your audience.”  It turns out that people are less persuaded by more eye contact if they already disagree with you.  Staring at them fixedly apparently won’t sway them.

We tend to look at strangers – such as an audience member if you’re a speaker doing her best to follow the advice and make eye contact – for about three to five seconds.  One on one, we look longer – seven to ten seconds.  And in terms of percentages, we look at people something like 30% – 60% of the time, more when we’re listening and less when we’re talking.  If you know the person, or it’s a friendly exchange, you’ll make longer eye contact.

Those are the norms.  For normal conversational behavior.

But it gets more complicated when we’re trying to persuade someone of something.  If you’re making a relatively straightforward, simple request, then eye contact increases your persuasive power.  But if your request is subtle and will take longer, like an argument in a speech, then more eye contact doesn’t help.  And if the other person or people holds a strongly opposing view, then eye contact makes them less inclined to go along with you than if you look at them less.  Apparently more eye contact gets associated with dominance and intimidation.

So what’s the net wisdom of the research?  Don’t deploy your secret eye contact weapon when you’re talking about something controversial or when you know the audience may disagree with you.  Especially, don’t use lots of eye contact then.  Do use eye contact when the interaction is low-key, or everyone is already your friend.

Once again, the rules of conversation apply.  And who wants someone staring at them fixedly during a conversation?

But there’s also research that suggests that we tend to trust people who look at us and distrust people who don’t because we think they’re lying. And we’re right. It is a sign of lying, though a not very reliable one.  So don’t overdo it in the other direction.  Use the norms.

Is there anything more to it than that? Well, yes. There are some important subtleties. So let’s get sophisticated.

The first sophisticated rule of eye contact then is that if you’re going to make eye contact, you have to do it with your eyes wide open. Not shut, or almost shut. If the lights are bright or you’re nearsighted, that’s tough. Learn to compensate. It’s so basic to people’s reading of you that you’d be better off wearing dark glasses if you’re going to squint.

The second sophisticated rule of eye contact is that you actually have to make eye contact. With individuals. You can’t look over the heads of the group, and you can’t dart your eyes around nervously like a lizard’s tongue. Imagine you’re having a conversation with people—better yet have a conversation with individuals in the room—and look at them fixedly but not too fixedly, just as you would in a real conversation.

The third sophisticated rule of eye contact is that you should be monitoring the extent to which your colleagues are making eye contact with you. It’s a simple way to gauge their interest in what you’re saying. If 80% of them are focused on you, you’re OK. If 80% (or even 40%) are focused elsewhere, you’re in trouble.

Eye contact, like other aspects of human communication, can potentially convey many meanings. Make eye contact, to be sure, but be careful that you’re doing it right.

Even a newbie at public speaking knows they should make eye contact.

But the term eye contact is rather vague. It can infer just making fleeting “contact” with a person then moving on. Don’t make eye contact – make “eye connection”.  Eye connection means spending time with each person so that person feels like you’re just talking to them. Eye connection has two major benefits:

1. People in your audience will feel that you have genuinely connected with them and that you care about their reaction.
2. Because you’re talking to people as if you were in a one-on-one conversation, you’ll come across as conversational. That makes you easy to listen to and engaging.

Pengertian dan Bentuk-bentuk Shidiq

Shidiq (ash-sidqu) artinya benar atau jujur, lawan dari dusta atau bohong (al-kazib). seorangmuslin dituntut selalu berada dalam keadaan benar lahir batin; Benar hati (shidq al-qalb), benar perkataan (shidq al- hadits) dan benar perbuatan (shidq al-‘amal). Antara hati dan perkataan harus sama, tidak boleh berbeda, apalagi antara perkataan dan perbuatan.

            Rasulullah saw memerintahkan setiap Muslin untuk selalu shidiq, karena sikap shidiq membawa kepada kebaikan, dan kebaikan akan mengantarkan ke sorga. Sebaliknya beliau melarang umatnya berbohong, karena kebohongan akan membawa kepada kejahatan dan kejatahan akan berakhir di neraka.

“Hendaklah kamu semua bersikap jujur, karena kejujuran membawa kepada kebaikan, dan kebaikan membawa ke sorga. Sesoeorang yang selalu jujur dan membawa kejujuran akan ditulis Allah sebagai orang jujur (shiddiq). Dan jauhilah sifat bohong karena kebohongan membawa kepada kejahatan dan kejahatan membawa ke neraka. Orang yang selalu berbohong dan mencari-cari kebohongan akan ditulis Allah sebagai pembohong (kadzdab).” (HR. Bukhari)

Bentuk-bentuk Shidiq

            Seorang Muslim harus bersikap benar; kapan, di mana dan kepada siapapun. Kalau diperinci paling kurang ada lima macam bentuk shidiq:

1.      Benar Perkataan (shidq al-hadits)

            Dalam keadaan apapun seorang Muslim akan selalu berkata yang benar; baik dalam menyampaikan informasi, menjawab pertanyaan, melarang dan memerintah ataupun lainnya. Orang yang selalu berkata benar akan dikasihi Allah dan dipercaya oleh masyarakat. Sebaliknya orang yang berdusta spalagi suka berdusta, masyarakat tidak akan mempercayainya. Pribahasa mengatakan, “Sekali lacung keujian seumur hidup orang tidak akan percaya”. Kalu sudah demikian sulit bagi dia untuk megembalikan kepercayaan masyarakat.

            Berkata bohong termasuk salah satu sifat orang munafik sebagaimana yang dijelaskan oleh Rasulullah saw:

“Tanda-tanda orang munafik ada tiga, yaitu: Apabila berkata, dusta; bila berjanji mungkir; dan bila dipercaya, khianat.” (H. Muttaqun ‘Allaihi)

Shidq al-hadits adalah bentuk paling populer dan paling mudah keliahatan.

2.      Benar Pergaulan (shidq al-mu’amalah)

            Seorang Muslim akan selalu bermu’amalah dengan benar; tidak menipu, tidak khianat dan tidak memalsu, sekalipun kepada nonmuslin. Orang yang shidiq dalam mu’amalah jauh dari sifat sombong dan ria. Kalau melakukan sesuatu dia lakukan karena Allah, kalau meninggalkan sesuatu juga dia tinggalkan karena Allah. Dia akan selalu bersikap benar dengan siapapun, tanpa memandang kekayaan, kekuasaan atau status lainnya. Barang siapa yang selalu bersikap shidiq dalam mu’amalahnya maka dia akan menjadi kepercayaan masyarakat. Siapapun ingin bermu’amalah dengannya.

3.      Benar Kemauan (shidq al-‘azam)

            Sebelum memutuskan untuk melakukan sesuatu , seorang Muslim harus mempertimbangkan dan menilai terlebih dahulu apakah yang dilakukannya itu benar dan bermanfaat. Apabila yakin benar dan bermanfaat, dia akan melakukannya tanpa ragu-ragu, tidak akan terpengaruh dengan suara kiri kanan yang mendukung atau mencelanya. Kalau menghiraukan semua komentar orang, dia tidak akan jadi melaksanakannya. Tetapi bukan berarti dia mengabaikan kritik, asal kritik itu argumentatif dan konstruktif.

4.      Benar Janji (shidq al-wa’ad)

            Apabila berjanji, seorang Muslim akan selalu menepatinya, sekalipun musuh atau anak kecil. Rasulullah saw bersabda:

“Barang siapa yang berkata kepada anak kecil, mari kemari, saya beri korma ini. Kemudian dia tidak memberinya, maka dia telah membohongi anak itu”. (HR. Ahmad)

            Mungkir janji itu juga termasuk salah satu sifat munafik sebagaimana telah disebutkan dalam hadits diatas.

            Allah SWT menyukai orang-orang yang menepati janji. Dalam Al-Qur’an disebutkan pujian Allah SWT kepda Nabi Isma’il as yang menepati janji:

            “Dan ceritakanlah (hai Muhammad kepada mereka) kisah Isma’il (yang tersebut) di dalam Al-Qur’an. Sesungguhnya ia adalah seorang yang benar janjinya, dan dia adalah seorang Rasul dan Nabi.”(QS. Maryam 19: 54).

            ‘Azam (keputusan hati) untuk melakukan suatu kebaikan dinilai sebagai janji, menepatinya disebut wa’fa (menepati janji) dan memungkirinya disebut kadzib (bohong). Dalam surat At-Taubat 75-77 Allah SWT menggambarkan bagaimana orang-orang munafik berjanji kalau mendapat rezeki dari Allah akan mensedekahkan (sebagiannya, tetapi setelah mendapatkannya mereka kikir.

            “Dan diantara mereka ada orang yang telah berikrar kepada Allah: “Sesungguhnya jika Allah memberikan sebagian karunia-Nya kepada kami, pastilah kami akan bersedekah danpastilah kami termasuk orang-orang saleh”. Maka setelah Allah memberikan kepda mereka sebagian dari karunia-Nya, mereka kikir dengan karunia itu, dan berpaling, dan mereka memanglah orang-orang yang selalu membelakangi (kebenaran). Maka Allah menimbulkan kemunafikan pada hati mereka sampai kepada waktu mereka menemui Allah, karena mereka telah memungkiriterhadap Allah apa yang telah mereka ikrarkan kepada-Nya dan (juga) karena mereka selalu berdusta.”(QS. At-Taubah 9: 75-77)

5.      Benar Kenyataan (shidq al-bal)

            Seorang Muslim akan menampilkan diri seperti keadaan yang sebenarnya. Dia tidak akan menipu kenyataan, tidak memakai baju kepalsuan, tidak mencari nama, dan tidak pula mengada-ada. Rasulullah saw bersabda:

“Orang yang merasa kenyang dengan apa yang tidak diterimanya sama seperti orang memakai dua pakaian palsu.”(HR. Muslim)

            Artinya orang yang berhias dengan bukan miliknya supaya kelihatan kaya sama seperti orang yang memakai dua kepribadian.

Pengertian dan Contoh Preposition of Movement dalam Bahasa Inggris

Preposition of movement digunakan untuk menunjukan perpindahan ke atau dari suatu tempat.

1. To/Towards

Preposisi ini mengindikasikan perpindahan dengan tujuan yang spesifik dan jelas, bisa jadi suatu tempat atau acara.

Contoh:

I will be travelling to Europe next month.
She will go to the new office.

Preposisi “to” terkadang mengindikasikan posisi yang spesifik, especially terutama ketika seseorang atau suatu benda menghadapi sesuatu.

Contoh:

There’s a window to your right.

Preposisi “towards” mengindikasikan perpindahan dalam arah yang khusus.

Contoh:

Anna kicked the ball towards the window.

2. Through and Into

Preposisi “through” mengacu pada perpindahan dalam suatu ruang 3 dimensi.

Contoh:

We walked through a long road.

Preposisi “through” biasanya mengacu pada perpindahan menyebrangi seluruh ruang, dari satu sisi ke sisi yang lain.

Contoh:

She cut through the ribbon.

Preposisi “into” mengacu pada perpindahan dari luar ke dalam sebuah ruang tiga dimensi.

Contoh:

He went into the house to see what happened.

3. Across, over and along

Preposisi “across” dan “over” digunakan untuk membicrakan tentang perpindahan dari satu sisi ke sisi lain suatu tempat. Mereka biasanya mengacu pada perpindahan yang berhubungan dengan suatu ruang 2 dimensi.

Contoh:

I will jump over the gate.

“Over” juga berfungsi untuk menunjukkan suatu posisi. Ini sering memiliki arti yang mirip dengan “above”.

Contoh:

There was a flower above/over the chair.

Ini juga untuk mengekspresikan posisi yang berkaitan dengan permukaan dua dimensi.

Contoh:

The marbles were spread over the floor.

“Across” terkadang digunakan untuk mengekspresikan posisi yang berhubungan dengan sesuatu yang dihamparkan dari satu sisi ke sisi lain pada suatu tempat.
Contoh:

There was an obstacle across the road.

“Across” juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan ketika sesuatu berada pada posisi yang berlawanan dari tempat pembicara.

Contoh:

The hospital is across the street.

Preposisi along digunakan untuk menunjukkan perpindahan yang mengikuti suatu jalur.

Contoh:

They walked along the road.
She followed Mr. Black along the corridor.
I plant sun flowers along the fence.

Preposisi ini juga digunakan untuk menunjukkan posisi yang spesifik yang berkaitan dengan jalur.

Contoh:

I put the fertilizer along the plants near the well.

4. In and on as prepositions of movement

Fungsi utama dari preposisi “in” adalah sebagai indicator posisi dari suatu benda yang berhubungan denga ruang tiga dimensi yang ada di sekitarnya.

Contoh:

We were having a picnic in the garden.
I put my shoes in the office’s shelf everyday.
The wallet is in my cupboard. Take it for me.

Namun, “in” juga dapat digunakan untuk menunjukkan perpindahan benda dalam suatu wadah, baik itu tempat atau area.

Contoh:

Can you put the dress in the washing machine?
Place your bag in the drawer. I will keep it well here.

Fungsi utama dari preposisi “on” adalah sebagai indicator posisi yang berhubungan dengan permukaan 2 dimensi.

Contoh:

Your books are on my table.
There is a beautiful picture on the wall in your house.
Please sit on the sofa.

Namun “on” juga bisa digunakan untuk menunjukkan perpindahan arah pada suatu permukaan.

I see the rain falling on the roof.
I throw my shoes on the yard because I am angry.