Sunday, November 1, 2009

Reading for 11/2

Reading Response
In Chapter 4 of the Curious Researcher the author discuss a couple of things to avoid and things to do to make a good argument paper. The first thing he talks about is writing the paper weeks before it is do and not leaving it to the day before. A good bit of advice. Another thing that he discusses is what to do with a mass amount of research that an author may have collected about their subject and what to do if the research found is contradicting. He suggested using the research the best re-enforces your stance on the subject.
Later in the Chapter the author discussed the use of the work “I” in an essay and whether or not it makes the paper to personal. Statements like, “I believe that…” or “I think…” usual aren’t necessary because if your are stating the fact as the author of a piece of writing it is apparent that the facts or opinions are your own and those statements are not really necessary.

1 comment:

  1. Nice job of giving an overview of the [optional] reading. Though optional, it was a good one, and you helped bring out those key points in this response.

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