Annoying Ways
In the past, I have rarely had an
English teacher solely focus on the proper way to insert quotations. When I
realized that this was the topic of this article, I was worried it would be
boring yet I was curious as to what it would touch on. The author, Kyle Stedman,
at first gave me the impression that he was just going to make fun of poor writing
mistakes but in turn gave good examples to fix them. I really enjoyed the funny
names like “Dating Spiderman” or “Am I in the Right Movie”. I believe that these silly titles will be
useful when trying to remember how to correctly insert a quotation. I am guilty
of doing a few of these examples so his descriptions on how to fix them is something that I have taken note of. I also liked the comparison between a
slow driver in the left lane to the annoying ways of writing essays. I felt
myself truly understanding this example because all individuals have more
knowledge on different skills. It is common to understand the main topic of
some skills but not understand the details to perfect it. This article did a
great job noting on some of my personal writing weaknesses and I will make it a
point to carry these pointers into my paper.
I agree that the funny names to the writing tips made this article more enjoyable to read. The author was great at actually taking the readers into consideration when writing and provided us with easy methods of proper quotation & citation use. I also agree that this article is a good piece to reference in the future. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI also really enjoyed the humor the author put into the article, it helps make it enjoyable to read. The descriptions on how to fix these mistakes are really useful, most of the time articles will point out mistakes without giving any indication on how to fix or avoid them. The comparison was spot on, it really helped me understand how these mistakes can slow down the experience of reading a paper to a crawl. While I certainly cant remember from prior papers if I am guilty of making the same mistakes, ill certainly be keeping an eye out for them from now on. Good post!
ReplyDeleteThis article definitely called me out on some small things that I've been missing in my writing. After reading this article I feel like I have a better understanding of how to integrate my quotes into my writing without disrupting the flow of the reader. I still think that a reader who has a “What . . . ? But, hey . . . oh come on!” (Stedman 243) reaction should calm down, but I'll try to do better.
ReplyDeleteThe article was definitely more enjoyable to read than others we've been assigned. I am glad the author chose to use so many humorous examples, because they really help the audience get a good grip on what they're trying to say. I also really liked how the author included how to properly cite something instead of just how to quote something; I have a feeling we will all be looking back on this information in the coming weeks.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the humor that the author added into the work. The humor made it more enjoyable to read, and I feel that by adding humor the points brought up by the author were more strongly relayed to me. I thought this essay was strong because not only did the author pick out the points on what not to do, the author went into how to fixing the problems. I feel that this is very unique because most authors pick out what is wrong and leave it at that with no explanation. I also agree with you that the humorous and almost childish titles will be very easy to remember when I am doing my citing on my research paper.
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