Kyle D. Stedman, author of 'Annoying Ways' uses a variety of different articles and stories written by other authors to show how to cite sources. He gives poorly written citations, and well done written citations. Along with giving examples of poor citations, he identifies ways to fix the mistakes to turn a bad citation into a good citation. An example Stedman gave that caught my eye was the Armadillo Roadkill example. He gave two different quotations from the example. The second one he said that the author prepared us for the quotation, then quotes it, then analyzed it. I think I am going to use this approach when citing sources for my final draft because it explain the quote. Also, this strategy gives the readers an idea of what to expect, and leads them in a direction.
Throughout chapter 1 of “The Bedford Book of Genres,” I learned that there are a variety of ways to improve one’s writing. Several writers tend to get carried away while writing that they forget who their audience is and what message they are trying to deliver. This is when one must ask themselves what their purpose of writing is, do they want to present a narrative/ tell a story, inform, or persuade. After figuring out ones purpose they must choose a genre to be able to shorten their idea and be concise. In order for this to occur one must know the basic qualities and agreed-upon rules about the genre they are composing. Once one makes those decisions they move on to the rhetorical situation which mainly explains the idea. This allows the writer to provide support on their purpose such as saying what is great about it or provide statistics, which will automatically make their writing more interesting for the audience to read, as well as, get t...
I will also be using these approaches when citing my sources and inputting my quotes. Making sure that I am not relying on quotes to write my essay. I agree with you that when these strategies are used, readers are more likely to be directed in the right direction and are less likely to get annoyed and confused from the writers text.
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