Nadia Dawson
English 102
Assignment1
Tonight I read a sample reading about teenage rebellion.
It talked about how over time we as a people have evolved and rebellion is a
new age thing. It expressed how our peers, parents, and the media influence the
rebellions. It goes more in depth about how the media is a main cause in
causing teen rebellion. After reading
the “The Media Affecting Teenage Rebellion”, I understood what Sarah was
talking about in class. I can compare the sample essay with the discussion we
had in class about the different definitions of research. The most comparable
things I saw were purpose, source, and information.
In the sample essay,
it was teenage rebellion. It focused on the why and discussed how the media was
influencing the teenagers to rebel. In class, we discussed how purpose was one
way to focus the research paper. The essay had one purpose and it was to inform
the reader about rebellion and show how the media adds to the issue. I liked
how the essay was set up and hit on every issue on the topic. The person tried
to stay in the lines of the main topic a. In class we talked about how the purpose
is also part of the researching process. This student had to choose a purpose
to discuss, and then research all of the different types of ideas that come
with this main purpose. This allows the person to narrow down the topic so they
can write a more informative paper.
Another thing we
talked about in class was sources. Sources are a main thing when doing research
papers. They help you to use other people’s thoughts in order to prove your
point. In the sample essay, the student used many different sources. This student
used at least 5 sources and cited them all. The other thing we talked about
when dealing with sources is citing. When you don’t cite the people it becomes
a problem. This is because you end up using someone else’s words without
telling the reader that those are not your thoughts. This is plagiarism and is
an offense that is punishable by a low grade in the class. The sample essay had
a lot of different quotes and paraphrases that they cited.
The other topic we
discussed in class was information. We talked about how information is a huge
thing when dealing with research papers. This information is what the reader takes
away from the paper. In the sample article, the information provided was
understandable and helpful when trying to understand this person’s main purpose.
Information is a valuable thing that we all use in our everyday lives in order
to live our daily lives.
Information,
purpose, and source are only three things we discussed in class when dealing
with research papers. We talked about many different things that would go into
writing and understand research papers. This sample essay was a great example
of how a research paper is supposed to look like, but it is also a good read.
Not only give me a good look at research papers and their relevance, but it is
also a great guideline to see how the papers I write are supposed to look.
Hi, Nadia
ReplyDeleteThis response is clearly organized and written, and enough to earn you a check for the assignment, as you do provide explanations for your observations.
However, I would like you to be more specific in future responses. Explain why you think the way you do. For instance, think about why the class identified these terms as important for research papers, and not others. Also, did you find other things in this research paper that didn't fit the model? (I think there are quite a few).
Finally, do you think that the purpose of this paper was to "inform" readers? When one "informs" readers, what does that generally look like?