Author: Odeica (Page 7 of 13)

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“Quoting someone else’s words gives a tremendous amount of credibility to your summary and helps ensure that it is fair and accurate. In a sense, then, quotations function as a kind of proof of evidence, saying to readers: “Look, I’m not just making this up. She makes this claim and here it is in her exact words.” Adding pieces of others’ work in your writer in the form of quotes makes your writing more credible. Quotes serve as proof to your reader that the ideas in your writing are supported.

“But the main problem with quoting arises when writers assume that quotations speak for themselves. Because the meaning of a quotation is obvious to them, many writers assume that this meaning will also be obvious to their readers, when often it is not. Writers who make this mistake think that their job is done when they’ve chosen a quotation and inserted it into their text. They draft an essay, slap in a few quotations, and whammo, they’re done.” Often when people are quoting, they tend to just put the quote in their writing without any explanation assuming their readers would know what the quote means.  Most time the quotes are not easy to interpret, which leaves their reader confused.

“In a way, quotations are orphans: words that have been taken from their original contexts and that need to be integrated into their new textual surroundings.” The author’s analogies make their writing and points/ ideas very clear and coherent.

“Finding relevant quotations is only part of your job; you also need to present them in a way that makes their relevance and meaning clear to your readers. Since quotations do not speak for themselves, you need to build a frame around them in which you do that speaking for them.” When quoting, you cannot simply quote something and leave it without an explanation. After finding relevant quotations you must further explain what the quote means to you and your writing which proves the relevance of that quote in the first place. 

“And yet, though the particular situation usually dictates when and how much to explain a quotation, we will still offer one piece of advice: when in doubt, go for it. It is better to risk being overly explicit about what you take a quotation to mean than to leave the quotation dangling and your readers in doubt.” Some questions that arise in the article are “But is it possible to overexplain a quotation? And how do you know when you’ve explained a quotation thoroughly enough?” and I was wondering the same thing. When quoting, it is better to overanalyze than under analyze though there is no standard way to analyze a quote in your writing. When you feel as though your quote needs to be overanalyzed in order to make it clear to your readers then go for it overanalyze. Better to overanalyze than to leave your audience confused about the purpose of the quote. 

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“In my excitement, I realized that perhaps I had been granted more freedom in writing this essay than is typical of an already established, although never static, genre. As a result, I decided to make this essay a mix of personal anecdotes, examples, and voices from teachers of writing. Such an essay seems to be the most fitting response to this situation, as I hope to come across as someone both informative and friendly. Why am I telling you this? Because it seems only appropriate that given the fact that I am talking about genre awareness, I should make you aware of my own struggles with writing in a new genre.” Throughout Dirk’s article, she used relatable examples from different sources to help readers understand how writing within a genre can change and how writers make specific choices within their genres to connect to their audiences. I also liked how she openly expressed her struggles when it comes to writing new genres.

“In other words, Bitzer is saying that when something new happens that requires a response, someone must create that first response. Then when that situation happens again, another person uses the first response as a basis for the second, and eventually everyone who encounters this situation is basing his/her response on the previous ones, resulting in the creation of a new genre.” Genres are a repetition of ideas that are built on the findings of others’ work which result in the creation of a new genre. It all starts with something new happening that sparks a need for a response and someone creating a first response to what is happening. Then when a similar situation occurs, another person used the first response as a basis for their response and the cycle goes on.

“Amy Devitt, a professor who specializes in the study of genre theory, points out that “genres develop, then, because they respond appropriately to situations that writers encounter repeatedly” (“Generalizing” 576) and because “if each writing problem were to require a completely new assessment of how to respond, writing would be slowed considerably. But once we recognize a recurring situation, a situation that we or others have responded to in the past, our response to that situation can be guided by past responses.” A new and different response is not always needed to create a new genre. Having to create a new response for every problem that arises would make the writing process extremely slow.

“Devitt writes that: genres have the power to help or hurt human interaction, to ease communication or to deceive, to enable someone to speak or to discourage someone from saying something different. People learn how to do small talk to ease the social discomfort of large group gatherings and meeting new people, but advertisers learn how to disguise sales letters as winning sweepstakes entries.” Even though genres are easy to navigate because of their repetitive nature when it comes to ideas and how writers go about expressing those ideas. There are still some downsides to genres; having the same idea repeated over and over can discourage someone from expressing their ideas that differs from the norm.

Some genres I feel I know well are adventure, mystery, fiction, personal narrative, and short story. As a kid I have always been fascinated with fictional stories, I was captivated by the journey the characters went through to discover their identity outside of what is expected of them in society. Murder mystery was another genre that really caught my interest, following the trail of clues with all ups and downs of figuring out who committed the murder was enticing. In my free time, I could always be found with my head buried in a book reading mystery books, or glued to the television watching supernatural shows. In addition, I find that my writing flows more easily and naturally when I am writing about something that I have experienced firsthand or through others’ experiences.  My love for narratives stems from having to write countless personal narratives during my high school years. Writing narratives is an effective way to relate one’s personal experience directly to their audience by highlighting some of the problems they faced and how they overcame said problems. When readers find similarities between your writing and what they are experiencing, they can use your solution to your past struggles as inspiration to try and solve theirs. Most personal narratives are often easily relatable. Common rhetorical features within the personal narrative genre are an account of the author’s personal struggles and growths, a friendly tone, and appropriate word choices. However, as for the Unit 2 assignment, some genres I think would positively benefit my research are history, narrative nonfiction, essay, and biography. These genres have a similar basis, they are all based on facture information and real-life events. The main purpose of these genres is to educate their intended audience on a critical issue that not only affects them but also the general public. Authors of these genres usually tell their story in the style of a fictional novel to keep their audience interested and engaged in their writing. The fact that these genres are based on facts and real events is what makes good of my research paper.

“In my excitement, I realized that perhaps I had been granted more freedom in writing this essay than is typical of an already established, although never static, genre. As a result, I decided to make this essay a mix of personal anecdotes, examples, and voices from teachers of writing. Such an essay seems to be the most fitting response to this situation, as I hope to come across as someone both informative and friendly. Why am I telling you this? Because it seems only appropriate that given the fact that I am talking about genre awareness, I should make you aware of my own struggles with writing in a new genre.” Throughout Dirk’s article, she used relatable examples from different sources to help readers understand how writing within a genre can change and how writers make specific choices within their genres to connect to their audiences. I also liked how she openly expressed her struggles when it comes to writing new genres.

“In other words, Bitzer is saying that when something new happens that requires a response, someone must create that first response. Then when that situation happens again, another person uses the first response as a basis for the second, and eventually everyone who encounters this situation is basing his/her response on the previous ones, resulting in the creation of a new genre.” Genres are a repetition of ideas that are built on the findings of others’ work which result in the creation of a new genre. It all starts with something new happening that sparks a need for a response and someone creating a first response to what is happening. Then when a similar situation occurs, another person used the first response as a basis for their response and the cycle goes on.

“Amy Devitt, a professor who specializes in the study of genre theory, points out that “genres develop, then, because they respond appropriately to situations that writers encounter repeatedly” (“Generalizing” 576) and because “if each writing problem were to require a completely new assessment of how to respond, writing would be slowed considerably. But once we recognize a recurring situation, a situation that we or others have responded to in the past, our response to that situation can be guided by past responses.” A new and different response is not always needed to create a new genre. Having to create a new response for every problem that arises would make the writing process extremely slow.

“Devitt writes that: genres have the power to help or hurt human interaction, to ease communication or to deceive, to enable someone to speak or to discourage someone from saying something different. People learn how to do small talk to ease the social discomfort of large group gatherings and meeting new people, but advertisers learn how to disguise sales letters as winning sweepstakes entries.” Even though genres are easy to navigate because of their repetitive nature when it comes to ideas and how writers go about expressing those ideas. There are still some downsides to genres; having the same idea repeated over and over can discourage someone from expressing their ideas that differs from the norm.