Personal reflective writing - S3

What is the main purpose of a personal reflective essay?

• To persuade the reader to agree with your opinion

• To entertain with a fictional story

• To reflect on a personal experience and what was learned

• To explain how to do something

Which of these is a key feature of reflective writing?

• Use of technical jargon

• Third-person narration

• Present tense only

• Personal pronouns like “I”, “me”, and “my”

Which sentence shows reflection?

• We arrived at the beach and set up our towels.

• Looking back, I realise how important that day was for our friendship.

• It was a sunny day and the water was warm.

• We built a sandcastle that got washed away.

What is the writer reflecting on?

Find one example of imagery "quote" (simile, metaphor, personification) and explain its effect.

How does the writer show emotion in this paragraph?

Put each sentence into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) DESCRIPTION

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(b) REFLECTION

,

(c) EMOTION

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(d) OPINION

• Now I can see, that I was right all along.

• The sky was low and grey, and the road felt endless

• That trip taught me I need to trust myself more

• we should never have gone out that day.

• Dylan was wrong to do what he did.

• My heart raced in my chest.

• I was terrified — my hands shook as I gripped the steering wheel.

• The waves crashed against the rocks like a war drum.”