What is a profile ?

What is personality sketch or profile?

The pieces focused on an individual's accomplishments, attitudes and characteristics that make him or her stand out is called a profile or personal profile. Some writers make a distinction between the personality sketch and profile. The sketch attempts to convey a sense of the total person, with emphasis on overall achievements, lifestyle and philosophy. The profile, it may be usually a magazine piece or a website page, having some necessary information about the person with his/her photographs. In a profile, there is a great deal and compromise on photographs to tell the story to the people. The photographs in a profile tell many aspects of the profile person. Often it examines only one or two aspects of the person in depth, because profiles are generally based on news pegs.