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.
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 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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