In the article "Annoying Ways People Use Sources", Kyle D. Stedman references a situation that we are all familiar with to compare to poor citations: terrible drivers. He uses this comparison to show that readers will see a quoted citation like a slow driver, either careless or not even knowing what they're doing. One of the things that the author mentions as being annoying is inserting quotations without even introducing the reference to begin with and starting or ending paragraphs with a quote. I am very guilty of that kind of annoyance and this article really helped point out that this would make it difficult for some of my readers to pay attention to the actual content rather than being bothered by poor citation techniques.
My writing process for project 2 was different from project 1 because I had to conduct research towards my argumentative topic. I also was required to use the Florida State university database in order to find peer-reviewed article that would provide me with correct information. This essay also had several sources whom mad me sound more credible towards my audience, which enabled me to write more about my topic. The personally think that writing a first draft and then revising it in order for it to be my final draft to be very helpful when writing a research essay. I was able to carefully go over any grammatical or punctuation errors as well as make sure that all my sentences made sense and were not random. I enjoyed project 2 the most because I was required to conduct research on my topic, which allowed me to expand my knowledge towards an argument that is personal to me and it made me sound even more credible when discussing this argument face to face with someone.
I am also guilty of not setting up the stage for quotations, so I will be sure to correct this as well in my paper.
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