When reading this article that was assigned to us, I believe the main point in this was how to ensure you are staying on point throughout your writing process. It is easy to become side tracked, not fully understand what you are reading and/or writing a topic that has no connection what you just read. I like how there was questions that commonly come to mind when reading because most of the time I question if I am writing about the correct topic to using the right words or examples from the article. They were also separated into categories such as, "How do you Represent What Others Say" and "What do you Say?" (pg. 140-141) just to name a couple. Some of the questions that I commonly think that are also in the article consist between, "Can readers follow your argument from one sentence and paragraph to the next...?" to do I remind "readers of what others say at various points throughout your text." (pg. 141-142) He then used a Family Guy television show essay as an example for what we just read. Although they were not each pointed out, you could identify a few of the questions and how they were used in an essay. Before you begin reading the example essay, you read a little annotation on how Peacocke "strengthen existing transitions, added new ones, and clarified the stakes of her argument..."(pg. 144) With those simple changes, it enhances her essay and her tone in her article changes.
Questions:
1. When you grade our essays, do you follow these? Will we be using these on Tuesday?
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