My portfolio absolutely reflects my understanding of persuasive writing. Persuasive writing focuses on the ability to formulate an essay that takes an argumentative stance, but also takes the opposition into account. My portfolio also represents the goals and objectives of persuasive writing. The essays I wrote for this course demonstrate that I have certainly developed my critical thinking skills and developed, or better yet, mastered my communication and personal responsibility skills; but, due to my occasional lack of analysis and problems with word choice, my writing process is not perfect. The strengths of my writing are my organizational skills, grammatical construction, and work ethic. Organizing a trial is a very natural process for me. I always follow the basic guidelines for essay structure, which state that one should have an introduction, thesis statement, body, conclusion, and works cited if necessary. The question “Do helicopter parents enter the no-fly zone?” » essay “Animal Cloning: How Unethical Is It?” » essay and “The Clean Water Act: Does it Successfully Reduce Water Pollution?” The essays all have a proper introduction, an informative thesis statement, a body, excellent conclusions, and works cited pages. Essay formatting is an integral part of organizational skills. Each new paragraph is indented, the font is twelve-point Times New Roman, sentences are double-spaced, and headings are correct. Grammar is also essential to a well-organized essay. I have shown through my writing that I excel at creating grammatically correct essays. For example, the thesis of one of my essays, "The Clean Water Act has been successful and effective in recent years in controlling certain types of pollutants... middle of paper ... will be useful also in law school. Works Cited Shaw, Myles. “Animal Cloning: How Unethical Is It?” – First version. » UTSA: WRC 1023, March 3, 2014. Printed.---. “Animal cloning: How unethical is it? – Final version.” UTSA: WRC 1023, March 7, 2014. Print.---. "Are helicopter parents entering the no-fly zone?". - Draft 1.” UTSA: WRC 1023, February 7, 2014. Printed.---. “Are helicopter parents entering the no-fly zone? - Final version." UTSA: WRC 1023, February 10, 2014. Print.---. “Glove Use Exercise for Nurses – Classroom Writing.” UTSA: WRC 1023, March 7, 2014. Print.---. “Response to “Lifeboat Ethics” – Classroom Writing.” UTSA: WRC 1023, March 26, 2014. Print.---. "The Clean Water Act – Is it Successfully Reducing Water Pollution?". - Project 1.” UTSA: WRC 1023, March 31, 2014. Printed.---. “The Clean Water Act – Does it Successfully Reduce Water Pollution?” - Final project. » UTSA: WRC 1023, April 11, 2014. Print.