Chapter 5 helped me to develop my research paper, and how to formulate my research question. When I learned about the assignment, I was a little overwhelmed by how to pick a topic, and to ask a specific research question. In my case, it is hard for me to pick topic for myself because there is so many interesting topics to discuss, and I now have to conduct research on a specific topic. I,however, think that reading the chapter helped because it includes how you should pick a topic that is interesting to, and brainstorm different topics.
Chapter 1
I felt that this chapter could be very beneficial in helping to enhance my writing. Often times in class when I am told to write, I begin without consideration for my audience or genre, instead hoping to impress the reader with vast amounts of extraneous details. I thought it was interesting that depending on the intended audience, sometimes simplicity can be a better method of explanation rather than lengthy detailed sentences. This ideal completely contradicts everything the average student has grown up learning. In high school we were taught that in order to pass an AP exam, we must keep writing. “Write until you run out of time”, our teachers would say. It seems here that the importance is more placed on the quality of contents rather than the quantity. An interesting theory to me is that when a seasoned writer begins their work, do t...
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