Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Blog 5
One time a few months ago I had to type a research paper. In order to get started I had to google information. My topic was prohibition, so i viewed several historical websites in order to get insight. I'd say this was pretty informal research since I just clicked on random sights that google listed. But I was lucky enough to find some pretty good resources. I did not have to watch anything on TV but i did watch a few documentaries online detailing what life was like back then. All of the information came quite easily so writing the paper was not at all too bad. I was able to take what I read/ watched and re word it to tell a story describing prohibition from beginning to end. Although I struggled with the introduction. By the time I got to the second or third paragraph I had learned how to take important facts from my sources and pack them into my paper.
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Well, I'm glad your paper was easy! I remember where some research papers in the past were only difficult due to the lack of interest of the topic. But you are interested in the topic, you'll have no problem! Did you have any interest on the prohibition? Was that topic assigned or did you chose it voluntarily?
ReplyDeleteThis process is very relatable for me and probably many other writers. I feel like introductions are definitely a struggle for me too. That is the one thing that has to draw the reader in to keep reading. Especially for a more boring topic that is specifically for school, you want to make sure it is the most interesting and unique possible, not only for a potential reader but for the teacher reading hundreds of the same paper. Prior to this paper, did you have interest in this topic? Did prior interest help you write this paper or just the fact that it was easy to find information on it? I know I always struggle with incorporating different facts from different websites into one paper. Everyone has different opinions about popular topics. I also enjoy reading something that interests my own personal life before wiring a piece too to get inspired by style as well. A published piece is bound to have something I could potentially “copy” for my own.
ReplyDeleteI often do that with my research papers look for entertaining ways to attain knowledge about a particular topic other than just reading about it. One method that I found particularly useful was interviewing experts. For example, if you were to be doing a research paper on the origins of graffiti art. Setting up an interview with some that owns an art gallery will give you an array of information that otherwise you would not have been able to attain just through reading an article on the internet.
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