Chapter 7 was very helpful because of the test detail it went into to on proper citation and avoiding mistaken plagiarism. The chapter demonstrated how to properly cite in the most popular format used for research papers; APA and MLA. Although I didn’t have much use for that section since there are various types of citation generators on the internet that put your citation in proper format, I did however find the section on integrating sources extremely helpful since it gave more insight on a sometimes confusing way of crediting your sources that I usually try to avoid using.
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 totally agree that this chapter cleared up some confusing aspects of integrating sources.
ReplyDeleteI also get condused when it comes to integrating sources into my paper and liked that they provided information on that.
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