essay 2 to 3 pages
Format: 2-3 typed pages, double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins all
around.
Writing Task: Write a preface introducing your portfolio and consider addressing some or all of the
following issues in your preface (these are suggestions, not requirements):
 discuss your development as a writer over the course of the semester
 explain the significance of the issues addressed in your work
 explain what revisions you made to your papers and why
 discuss what you see as the strengths and weaknesses of your writing, as reflected in your
portfolio.
Audience: Assume that your readers are members of one or more of the following groups who might
read your portfolio:
 other members of this class
 college professors and administrators
 potential employers, readers interested in the issues you are addressing.
 your friends and family
Goals:
 your preface should read as a cohesive whole, not as a collection of unrelated points about your
portfolio—this is a paper, after all, and the conventions for writing papers still hold
 the preface is your opportunity to reflect on and discuss your work; it should not read as an
evaluation of the course or of me
 Support your points with specific references to or examples from the work in your portfolio.
The work you will be discussing in the preface essay is attached.