Getting Ready to Read pp. 22-33
Question:
Look through your syllabi for courses this semester: How many of them require research writing? Right now, how do you imagine doing the research for those projects? Make a list of what you think you'll need to do to accomplish the projects.
The only class I have this semester that requires researched writing is English 1510. I imagine doing the research for these projects by finding credible resources and rechecking the information before I use it. A list of things I'll need to accomplish these projects are:
Time, patience, good ressources, skills to collect information I need and leave information I don't need.
Reading Response No. 2
In his article "What Is It We Do When We Write Articles Like This One-and How Can We Get Studrnts to Join Us?" Kleine attepts to educate and perhaps start a conversation with other teachers of English on how to inspire students to improve the way they research and write papers. He argues that merely copying information and writing it down, writers should sifit throught the information further and translate those thoughts into their paper. This is because merely looking up information and copying it down into notes, then paraphrazing it into your own words isn't really writing at all.
Questions for Discussion:
1. What Kleine is talking about does hold true to the way I have done research papers in the past. Not many teachers will give their students this sort of insight. They usually say: "Here's a research topic. The paper is due in two weeks." The details of good research and writing don't rank high on the list of priorities with teachers I've had in the past.
3. I believe that the sources do play a small role in the reasearch of the professionals that Kleine interviewed, but the information that they are searching for is more important. However, sources play a big role when I write research papers becuase most teachers I have had have emphisized the importance of having a certain number of credible sources. The difference between the two is that when you have a certain number of sources you have to have, you focus more on that than the information itself; which the professionals obviously don't do.
4. I would read the information more than once and more carefully. Also, I would analyze the information more to see which parts of it I need and which parts I don't, and really think about what I want to write rather than copying or paraphrasing information into the paper.
My personal opinion of this articl was that it was helpful in rethinking the way I do research and write research papers. I have also discovered new strategies for completing research papers that I will try in the future.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Reading Response No.1
Reading Response No. 1 in Writing About Writing
In his article "Argument as Conversation: The Role of Inquiry in Writing a Researched Argument", Greene attempts to educate the audience, which in this case is any writer, about the benefits and importance of research when writing about any topic. Greene's article argues that in order for one's writing to make good arguments and be effective, the author must do research about the topic they are writing about. This is because by using things like framing and research, the reader can identify with the piece as well as understand what the author is trying to convey.
Questions for Discussion and Journaling:
2. The extended metaphor that Burke uses is how an argument between people in a parlor is ongoing like arguments made in writing. One reader could feel one way about a piece of writing, and another reader could feel differently. This presents writing as more of an open discussion rather than something that is black and white. Another idea about writing that the quote challenges is that the author is not the only person "writing" an article; that persons with counter arguments contribute to the piece as well.
3. Framing is a metaphor used to describe how writers express their arguments. Framing allows writers to put emphisis on parts of their writing so that their audience will remember phrases from the piece, and can also organize thoughts within the piece of writing. This is important to Greene becuase he uses framing to develop arguments.
Applying and Exploring Ideas
2. Greene's article does represent a conversation because the thoughts that he expressed about framing and research could be argued if one thought differently. For example, if one read the paragraph about framing, they could argue that framing could make readers miss one part of the article becuase they were focused on another.
I thought that this reading was interesting because it gave details about how writers can make their audience focus on specific parts of their writing. I believe this will be helpful to me in the future becuase I now understand the importance of research when writing about any topic, and the importance of having the audience identify with my writing. Therefore, I agree with Greene's ideas about research and framing as useful tools when writing.
In his article "Argument as Conversation: The Role of Inquiry in Writing a Researched Argument", Greene attempts to educate the audience, which in this case is any writer, about the benefits and importance of research when writing about any topic. Greene's article argues that in order for one's writing to make good arguments and be effective, the author must do research about the topic they are writing about. This is because by using things like framing and research, the reader can identify with the piece as well as understand what the author is trying to convey.
Questions for Discussion and Journaling:
2. The extended metaphor that Burke uses is how an argument between people in a parlor is ongoing like arguments made in writing. One reader could feel one way about a piece of writing, and another reader could feel differently. This presents writing as more of an open discussion rather than something that is black and white. Another idea about writing that the quote challenges is that the author is not the only person "writing" an article; that persons with counter arguments contribute to the piece as well.
3. Framing is a metaphor used to describe how writers express their arguments. Framing allows writers to put emphisis on parts of their writing so that their audience will remember phrases from the piece, and can also organize thoughts within the piece of writing. This is important to Greene becuase he uses framing to develop arguments.
Applying and Exploring Ideas
2. Greene's article does represent a conversation because the thoughts that he expressed about framing and research could be argued if one thought differently. For example, if one read the paragraph about framing, they could argue that framing could make readers miss one part of the article becuase they were focused on another.
I thought that this reading was interesting because it gave details about how writers can make their audience focus on specific parts of their writing. I believe this will be helpful to me in the future becuase I now understand the importance of research when writing about any topic, and the importance of having the audience identify with my writing. Therefore, I agree with Greene's ideas about research and framing as useful tools when writing.
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