One of my many goals for this course was to become a better writer, obviously, and to understand the conventions of writing better so that my writing would be better at a college level. I definitely think that this class helped with that process due to the fact that we were required to write a decent amount of papers along with the skills that we learned in class such as when to use commas, how to cite properly, etc. With that I feel that I have learned a lot in this class that will improve my writing for years to come and will allow me to excel in writing as time progresses. I actually enjoyed this class as well, the group assignments taught us about writing yet still remained enjoyable and engaging, such as the assignment where we talked about social media and the rhetoric behind it. I definitely feel I will use the analytic and argumentative skills that I have learned for other college classes, even classes that are not necessarily writing classes. Therefore, I enjoyed Writing 102 and I will certainly use the information gathered here for the rest of college and even in life.

For the portfolio, I have updated my WRT 102 section to include a “cover letter” of sorts which briefly introduced my papers and highlighted the skills that I have learned in this class.

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