Profile Overview: Profile Overview:

Profile Overview: Profile Overview: What is a profile piece?• A profile is a type of feature story and usually focuses on a person. A profile is a somewhat specific term for a story about a person. It usually focuses on what's important or in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing about that person now.• A profile mandates that you in" rel="nofollow">interview a person to write an in" rel="nofollow">involved story about that person. This story typically focuses on one in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing aspect of that person’s life, rather than be a biography, or simply providin" rel="nofollow">ing a timelin" rel="nofollow">ine of a person’s life. • For example, if The New Yorker were to feature a profile piece of a famous musician, they may focus briefly on the artist’s background, but it will main" rel="nofollow">inly focus on their musical career, or even somethin" rel="nofollow">ing more specific like their most recent album. Please paraphrase the essay and change what needs to be changed. Also, you need to extend it as much as possible and add more in" rel="nofollow">information to make them a total of full 5-pages.       ALSO DON’T FOGET TO ADD A THESIS at the end of the in" rel="nofollow">introduction. “A profile essay is centered on a topic (usually a person), and thus its thesis should also centeron that topic. It should answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: What’s the poin" rel="nofollow">int? Why is this profile important? What should the reader take away from the essay?” Here is an example of a profile essay thesis. Note the concise formality and summarization of the statement: Johnson is one of the most important rock stars alive today because of his unique upbrin" rel="nofollow">ingin" rel="nofollow">ing and life history, which have left an in" rel="nofollow">indelible mark on his passionate, fiery performances and his legendary live performances. Also this is a brief guidelin" rel="nofollow">ine about the style that you need to follow why you are writin" rel="nofollow">ing it.Sometimes profile essays are assigned for a person that the author knows personally, perhaps a friend or neighbor. In these cases, the in" rel="nofollow">information on a profile essay will usually be gathered from a personal in" rel="nofollow">interview. In an in" rel="nofollow">interview format, an essay should somewhat resemble aprofile in" rel="nofollow">in a magazin" rel="nofollow">ine. When readin" rel="nofollow">ing a profile on a celebrity in" rel="nofollow">in a magazin" rel="nofollow">ine like Time or Rollin" rel="nofollow">ing Stone, the writer switches off between parts of the in" rel="nofollow">interviewee’s life and thin" rel="nofollow">ings they say to the profiler. Here is an example:“Johnson grew up in" rel="nofollow">in a poor Los Angeles neighborhood in" rel="nofollow">in the midst of the crackepidemic in" rel="nofollow">in the 1980s. His experiences from that time still affect his way of lifetoday. “The one thin" rel="nofollow">ing I learned is that you always have to watch your backeverywhere you go.” Note how the example switched off between paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing and direct quotes. All of the in" rel="nofollow">information is from the same in" rel="nofollow">interview, but begin" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">ing with some paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing and then transitionin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">into a relevant direct quote helps keep the in" rel="nofollow">information feel fresh. This formulacan be repeated for the duration of the profile essay.   Please follow the Thematic Format: Which is a way to structure a profile is to organize it by theme. For example, an in" rel="nofollow">interviewee might talk first about their youth in" rel="nofollow">in a theater troupe, then about their marriage and kids, and then their rediscovery of theater after their kids grew up. In this case, it would make sense to detail all the experiences with theater in" rel="nofollow">in the same paragraph even though they happened in" rel="nofollow">in very different parts of the person’s life. In a thematic format, the profile can be organized by types of experiences; perhaps one paragraph can deal exclusively with family matters (children and marriage) while the next can deal exclusively with theater experiences. This format is a good alternative to the chronological format. Fin" rel="nofollow">inally, the writer should be able to write in" rel="nofollow">in such detail that the reader gets a feelin" rel="nofollow">ing that he actually knows the subject in" rel="nofollow">in real. You would have to pay attention to min" rel="nofollow">inor details and in" rel="nofollow">include them, so that the reader gets a sense of completeness while readin" rel="nofollow">ing your paper.