Monday, May 13, 2013

Chapter 15

      Chapter 15 guides writers on how to get the most from their sources into their papers. Pulling information from your source is often not enough to make a great argument. Method of using the information in different ways to show prowess and to get the readers on your side. Applying the information as evidence is a way that you use your source to prove a point. You could also use not the evidence but also an expert's  in the field you're writing about that is on the same side as you. Another way is to pull the information and set up the source as a background to help make your message clearer about what you're researching.

       Having all the information isn't the only step. Once you've received the source and the concept you want to pull into your paper there's better ways to implement them into your paper. By using certain key words such as: according to, believed, expressed, etc. are ways to help carefully guide your readers through your paper and the sources you're using. And always make sure to accurately use the proper in-text method to cite the source, quote, or paraphrase you're using. For this paper it will be using the MLA format.

      This chapter helped shine some light on the ways to smoothly place sources into the research paper. It showed tips on how to document the in-text correctly, use universal key words to help lead into the cited material, and how to use different techniques of style on how to use the information you gathered.