English Composition › Section E · The profile › Topic E.2
Finding the angle on your subject
A strong profile is built, not found: you define a quality you admire, pick a subject that shows it, research that subject three ways, and then choose the angle your evidence supports best.
In this topic
- The assignment: profiling an admirable trait
- Defining the trait
- Choosing a subject
- Planning a research calendar
- Worked example: an interview request email
- Interviews, field notes and secondary sources
- Synthesising your research
- Worked example: from notes to thesis
- Drafting the profile
- Reviewing, peer feedback and revision
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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