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.