In this reading I learned the proper time to use quotes and what to do when you are going to use a quote. Before you use a quote you must bring up information and then introduce the quote so that it flows in your paper. This reading explains how if you do not do this then sometimes the quote will be very awkward and not appeal to the reader. One must make sure that they are just not throwing a quote for the sake of having a quote in their paper, but to actually make sure that the quote and the placement of the the quote makes sense. The book has many different analogies on how awkward quotes can relate to many awkward things that happen in everyday life.
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...
Juan, I would agree that the article was extremely helpful in giving insight on how to properly use citations especially with the final draft for our research paper being due so soon. I thought that the part you mentioned that suggested introducing your source before quoting theme was very helpful as well.
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