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 takes the opposition into consideration as well. My portfolio also represents the goals and objectives of persuasive writing. The essays I have written 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, because of my occasional lack of analysis and issues with word choice, my writing process is not perfected. The strengths in my writing are my organizational skills, grammatical construct, and my work ethic. Organizing an essay is a very natural process for me. I always follow the basic guidelines for the structure of an essay, which state that one must have an introduction, thesis statement, body, conclusion, and a works cited when needed. The “Are Helicopter Parents Entering the No Fly Zone?” essay, “Animal Cloning—How Unethical Is It?” essay, and the “The Clean Water Act—Is it Successfully Reducing Water Pollution?” essay all have a proper introduction, an informative thesis statement, a body, great conclusions, and works cited pages. Formatting the essays is an integral aspect of organizational skills. Each new paragraph is indented, the font is twelve-point Times New Roman, the sentences are double spaced, and the headers are correct. Grammar is also vital to a well-organized essay. I have shown through my writing that I excel at creating grammatically correct essays. For example, the thesis in one of my essays, “The Clean Water Act has been successful and effective in past years in controlling certain types of polluta... ... middle of paper ... ...ll come in handy in law school as well. Works Cited Shaw, Myles. “Animal Cloning—How Unethical Is It?- Draft 1.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 3 Mar 2014. Print. ---. “Animal Cloning—How Unethical Is It?- Final Draft.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 7 Mar 2014. Print. ---. “Are Helicopter Parents Entering the No Fly Zone?- Draft 1.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 7 Feb 2014. Print. ---. “Are Helicopter Parents Entering the No Fly Zone?- Final Draft.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 10 Feb 2014. Print. ---. “Glove Use Among Nurses Exercise- In-class writing.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 7 Mar 2014. Print. ---. “Response to ‘Lifeboat Ethics’- In-class writing.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 26 Mar 2014. Print. ---. “The Clean Water Act—Is it Successfully Reducing Water Pollution?- Draft 1.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 31 Mar 2014. Print. ---. “The Clean Water Act—Is it Successfully Reducing Water Pollution?- Final Draft.” UTSA: WRC 1023, 11 Apr 2014. Print.
The Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA) was originally the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948. The original objective behind this act was to “to prepare comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of interstate waters and tributaries and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underground waters.” (U.S Fish and Wild Life Service, 2013). Throughout the duration of this paper the various amendments and their effects will be discussed, those involved both on the side of support and opposition and what influenced the amendments to be made and passed.
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If a random individual were asked twenty years ago if he/she believed that science could clone an animal, most would have given a weird look and responded, “Are you kidding me?” However, that once crazy idea has now become a reality, and with this reality, has come debate after debate about the ethics and morality of cloning. Yet technology has not stopped with just the cloning of animals, but now many scientists are contemplating and are trying to find successful ways to clone human individuals. This idea of human cloning has fueled debate not just in the United States, but also with countries all over the world. I believe that it is not morally and ethically right to clone humans. Even though technology is constantly advancing, it is not reasonable to believe that human cloning is morally and ethically correct, due to the killing of human embryos, the unsafe process of cloning, and the resulting consequences of having deformed clones.
In the past, cloning always seemed like a faraway scientific fantasy that could never really happen, but sometimes reality catches up to human ingenuity and people discover that a fictional science is all too real. Such was the fate of cloning when Dolly, a cloned sheep, came into existence during 1997, as Beth Baker explains (Baker 45). In addition to opening the eyes of millions of people, the breakthrough raised many questions about the morality of cloning humans. The greatest moral question is, when considering the pros against the cons, if human cloning is an ethical practice. There are two different types of cloning and both entail completely different processes and both are completely justifiable at the end of the day.
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Many people believe cloning is unethical and unusful. They believe that it should not be practiced, because it infringes upon their beliefs. They see cloning as a last resort and do not trust the science of cloning. “Several governments have considered or enacted legislation to slow down, limit or ban cloning experiments outright” (Freudenrich 5). Many people think that cloning a species is a very unideal situation. However the many benefits of cloning far outway the few disadvantages. Cloning endangered species is beneficial to saving most species around the world, in countries like the United States and China, from extinction.
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“Despite years of research, over 95% of cloning attempts fail, even with extensive veterinary intervention.” Animal cloning is a huge problem in the US. Most people in the United States know little to nothing about what happens during animal cloning. Some people would even argue that animal cloning is a good thing and it should be legalized. Animal cloning should not be commercially legalized in the US, because it is too costly, it is cruel to animals, and the harmful effects it has on food.
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You always should go back and read to clearly understand what you wrote, so that is what I do. The first thing I do is go back and read the whole essay to get a feel of what I wrote. Then I review my introduction. An effective introduction is easy and clear to understand. Your main argument must be stated clearly for the reader. Your introduction is a layout for the rest of your essay. This also means that you must use correct terminology that your reader understands. Structure goes for the whole essay not just the introduction as well. So, with this I work on the structure of my body paragraphs, as well as my conclusion. Organization is the base of any essay. Non-organization in an essay leads the reader to not think clearly while reading. This cause them to be confused by the whole narrative. An essay that is structured clearly should be in logical
In 1972, Congress was concerned with the nation’s water pollutants. The Clean Water Act, also called the CWA, was created to set limits on the water contaminants in hopes of protecting the nation’s water sources. “Twenty-five years ago, only one-third of the nation’s waters were safe for fishing and swimming,” reported Tim Martins. Since the making of the CWA, the percent of the nation’s clean water source has doubled. The United States continues to reduce the runoff deposited in clean water
"Human-Cloning Expert Doubts Claim, Explains Issue." National Geographic. National Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 04 May 2014.