CH. 7
I have always had trouble with sourcing, not only with formatting of the sourcing, but also keeping track of my sources. This chapter portrayed how to properly take care of your sources and to make sure you do not accidentally plagiarize.
The activities we did in class regarding sources set the scene for this chapter. I did not realize that even if you paraphrase you must also source at the end of the sentence, not just in the bibliography. My papers in high school were probably absolutely terrible.
Also, one thing that is a main concern for papers and ensuring that the quotes you are integrating go smoothly in the paper and are not too long. If the quote is too long it is kind of like a road block in your writing unless every single word you are quoting is absolutely necessary.
This chapter was a very good review for me before I start writing my essay because the last time I wrote a research paper like this I was a junior in high school. So we shall see how it turns out.
The activities we did in class regarding sources set the scene for this chapter. I did not realize that even if you paraphrase you must also source at the end of the sentence, not just in the bibliography. My papers in high school were probably absolutely terrible.
Also, one thing that is a main concern for papers and ensuring that the quotes you are integrating go smoothly in the paper and are not too long. If the quote is too long it is kind of like a road block in your writing unless every single word you are quoting is absolutely necessary.
This chapter was a very good review for me before I start writing my essay because the last time I wrote a research paper like this I was a junior in high school. So we shall see how it turns out.
I also thought the part about length of quotes was very helpful. I admit I sometimes include longer quotes to add to my word count, but they definitely can subtract from the quality of the paper more than the word count adds to it.
ReplyDeleteI too have always struggled with keeping my sources organized. I get overwhelmed when I have a lot of sources but cannot keep track of which one is which. I too found good use of the part that talked about the length of quotes. In my early high school years, I had a problem where I would literally quote entire paragraphs, so it is definitely a good reminder to not do that again.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this chapter was a good review as well. One thing I actually learned though was the blocking off of long quotes. I was never allowed to use long quotes in my high school research papers, so this was new information to me.
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