A collection of my best writing:

<span style="color: #888888;">To our students: In this section, you will describe your experience with different types of writing assignments and the ways in which these assignments have helped you to develop your communicative skills. What topics can you write about and in how much detail? Can you narrative and describe events of public and personal relevance?</span>

<span style="color: #888888;">You may wish to include:</span>
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	<li><span style="color: #888888;">An autobiography</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Ads</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">A postcard from Lafayette or abroad to family or  friends</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">A descriptive piece</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">A research paper in the target language</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Literary analysis of a text you have read</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Cultural study related to history, politics, research or economics</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Samples of mastery of different discourses/ genres in the target language: </span>
<ul>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;"> Essay - historical, critical (literary criticism), photo essay with captions</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Narrative - story of college career, self-evaluation, short story</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Other creative projects - Poetry, song lyrics, scripts</span></li>
</ul>
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	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Honors thesis</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">An account of your participation in conferences or publications</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #888888;">Note: Be sure to indicate progress by dating samples and putting them in chronological order.
Reminder: Remove the above directions</span>

<hr /><span style="color: #888888;"><strong>Tech Directions:</strong> Two formats</span>
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	<li><span style="color: #888888;"> To include  a sampling of your writing and embed it into this Web page: <strong>best</strong> for short pieces, extracts, introductory or closing paragraphs of a paper </span>
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	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Edit this page in WordPress.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #888888;">Select your extract from within the Word (or other text) document; copy and paste it onto this page under the title and description you have given it. For example:</span></li>
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</ul>
<strong>Sample 1 (Title) </strong>This is an example of an introductory paragraph that I am particularly proud of....
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #888888;"><strong>OR </strong></span></p>

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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">To link to  full documents (use with discretion) upload the document using the Add Media button above the editor. Click the "Insert into Page" after uploading to insert a link to the document.</span></li>
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<strong><a href="http://sites.lafayette.edu/lafolio/files/2010/04/Writing-Sample.docx" target="_blank">Sample 2 </a> </strong>This is an example of a research paper that I wrote....