Syvannah Boland
When I was chapter seven, I read a lot of already known and familiar information when it comes to citations, but I always enjoy and appreciate reading helpful information about citing, because it is personally confusing to me at times. I am used to using citation machines so I typically don't think much of citing, but I like knowing how to do it manually just in case. I've only ever used MLA, but other styles such as APA, Chicago, etc. are good to read over in case I need to use them in the future. I also like how they included the section about plagiarism and how it can happen by mistake and how to avoid that, so in the future I can be more cautious.
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...
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