Chapter 20

After reading chapter 20, I've learned about understanding documentation systems like: MLA, APA, Chicago, Web and CSE style. I can document my sources by: providing a reference to my source within the text,  providing a complete set of citations, or formal acknowledgements, for your sources in a works cited or reference list.

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Chapter 19

After reading chapter 19, I've learned how to design documents and presentations by: considering my purpose, my readers expectations about design, view an essay, choose my design tools, view a multimedia essay, view an article, view pages from a web site, consider my audience, narrow my scope, create a barebones outline, think about language, design speaker's notes, engage with my audience, view speaker's notes, view a presentation, and view a poster.

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Chapter 18

After reading chapter 18, I've learned all about understanding design principles like: designing for a purpose, design for your readers, design to address genre conventions, use fonts, line spacing, and alignment, use page layout elements, use color, shading, borders, and rules, and use illustrations.

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Chapter 17

After reading chapter 17, I've learned all about how to revise and edit by: considering your writing situation, consider your argument and ideas, your use and integration of sources, consider the structure and organization of your document, consider genre and design, save multiply drafts, highlight your main points, reasons, and evidence, challenge your assumptions, scan, outline, and map your document, ask for feedback, focus on accuracy, focus on economy, focus on consistency, style, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, read carefully, and  mark and search your document.

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Chapter 16

After reading Chapter 16, I've learned all about writing with style by: writing concisely, use actively and passive voice effectively, adopt a consistent point of view, choose your words carefully, vary your sentence structures, create effective transitions, introduce other authors effectively, avoid sexist language, consult a good handbook and read widely.

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Chapter 15

After reading chapter 15, I've learned to use sources effectively by: introducing an idea or argument, contrast ideas or arguments, provide evidence for your argument, align your argument with an authority, define a concept, illustrate a process, or clarify a statement, set a mood, provide an example, amplify or qualify a point, identify your sources, quote strategically, paraphrase info, ideas, and arguments, summarize, present numerical info, use images, audio, video, and animations, choose a documentation system, provide in-text references and publication info, check for unattributed sources in your document, and distinguish between your ideas and ideas in my sources.

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chapter 14

After reading chapter 14, I've learned all about drafting by: focusing on a central idea, follow an organizing pattern, use details to capture my readers' attention, integrate information from sources effectively, creating transitions within and between paragraphs, frame the issue, select a strategy for your introduction, reinforce your points, and selecting a strategy for your conclusion.

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chapter 13

After reading chapter 13, I've learned all about organizing by: labeling evidence, group evidence, use clustering, use mapping, create an informal outline, and creating a formal outline.

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chapter 12

After reading chapter 12, I've learned how to develop your argument by: choosing reasons, selecting evidence to support your reasons, decide how to appeal to your readers, check fallacies based on distraction, look for fallacies based on questionable assumptions, search for fallacies based on misrepresentation, and locate fallacies based on careless reasoning.

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chapter 11

After reading chapter 11, I've learned how to develop my thesis statement by: review your position statement, review your notes, consider your purpose and role, reflect on your readers, identify important, information, ideas, and arguments associated with your position, draft alternatives, consider the type of document you plan to write, sand focus your thesis statement.

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Chapter 10

After reading chapter 10, I've learned how to search for info with field research methods like: deciding whether to conduct an interview, plan your interview, decide what you should ask, conduct your interview, analyze your results, decide whether to conduct an observation, plan your observations, conduct your observations, analyze your results, decide whether to conduct a survey, and conduct your survey.

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chapter 9

After reading chapter 9, I've learned to search for information with print resources by: browsing the stacks, check out books periodicals, use interlibrary loan, use works sited lists to find key voices, consult bibliographies, indexes, general and specialized encyclopedias, consult handbooks, almanacs, and atlases.

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chapter 8

After reading chapter 8, I've learned hoe to search for information using digital sources by: reviewing my research plan and proposal, identify keywords and phrases, plan basic searches, plan advanced searches, review and get feedback on your plans, search by keyword, by author, by title, browse by subject heading or call number, search with multiple strategies, identify relevant databases, search news and info databases, search, databases, bibliographies, citation indexes, media databases, identify relevant web search sites, use image search sites and directories, use audio search sites, and video search sites.

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Chapter 7

After reading chapter 7, I learned how to avoid plagiarism in my paper like: unintentional plagiarism, intentional plagiarism, plagiarism in group projects, conducting a knowledge inventory, take notes carefully, distinguish between my ideas and ideas in my sources, identify sources in my document, and understand why writers plagiarize.

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Chapter 6

After reading chapter 6, I learned how to manage info and take notes by: saving and organizing print info, digital info, choosing a method and using it consistently, quoting directly, summarize, record your reactions and impressions, compare sources, classify sources, plan my document, create a working bibliography, and an annotated bibliography.  

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Chapter 4

After reading chapter 4, I've learned how: reading critically differs from evaluating, how I can use my research question to read critically, to read with an attitude,  what strategies I can use to read actively, what I should pay attention to as I read, and how many times I should read a source. I also learned how:  to develop a positive statement, approach a source with my writing situation in mind, mark sources, annotate sources, take notes, identify the type of source, identify the primary and secondary sources, identify the main points, identify reasons, consider the use of evidence, identify frameworks, identify new info, identify hard-to-understand info, and identify similarities and differences.

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Chapter 3 Summary

After reading chapter 3, I now have a better understanding on how to develop my research question and proposal.  From chapter 3a, I learned how to: reflect on my writing situation, generate potential research questions, craft questions that reflect my writing situation, and select and refine my research question. I also have a better understanding on how to develop my research proposal. From chapter 3b, I learned how to: provide a review of lit, explain how I'll collect info, develop a project timeline, compile an annotated bibliography, and clarify and elaborate on my core proposal.

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Chapter 2 Summary

After reading chapter 2, I now have a better understanding of how to explore the general issues within a topic, while focusing on one that will lay the groundwork for developing a research question for my paper. From this chapter, I learned how to: Create a plan to explore my topic, discuss my topic with others, conduct preliminary observations, and finding and reviewing sources. With creating a plan, I learned how to create an informal research plan to use as a guide for my work and remind myself of steps that I might overlook. Regarding discussing my topic with others, I now know that I can talk with people that know more and/or have been affected by it. They can provide me with some insights that are not available through other sources. In conducting preliminary observations, observation can be a powerful tool. Observation can help me explore my topic further by doing things like going to lectures relating to my topic, shows, and seeing what other people have created can help me gain different perspectives for my paper. With finding and reviewing sources,  I learned how to find and review sources by searching my library's catalog, and by browsing my library's shelves,  for a relevant book or periodical about my topic. I also learned how to focus on an issue by identifying conversations about issues in my topic, assessing my interest in the issues, and choosing an issue.

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Chapter 5 Summary

After reading chapter 5 of The Bedford Researcher, I now have a better idea on how to evaluate my sources. From this chapter, I learned how to evaluate: the relevance, evidence, author, publisher, timeliness, comprehensiveness, and genre.   Regarding evaluating the evidence, make sure there is enough evidence offered, make sure it is the right kind, that the source is provided, and whether the evidence is used fairly.  When evaluating the author, make sure the author is knowledgeable, who they are affiliated with, and if there are any biases that could impact the information. The publication date of the source should also be reviewed when evaluating the timeliness of the source and how it affects my judgment of its usefulness. Identifying the genre and evaluating the genre is also important.  What the citation style is, how the document is designed, and the writing style need to be identified.

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Chapter 1 Summary

After reading chapter 1 of The Bedford Researcher, I now have some confidence as to how and where to begin with my research paper. In the chapter 1, it teaches you in steps how to: Analyze my assignment, generate ideas about appropriate topics, and consider the writing situation.  You need to keep in mind the purpose of the writing assignment, the audience/readers, the genre, developing a timeline to manage your time, requirements and limitations.  Some methods to generate ideas are brainstorming, clustering, free writing, looping, and clustering. I also learned how to: create a plan to explore your topic, discuss your topic with others, conduct preliminary observations, and find and review sources. You need a list of people with whom you can discuss your topic, a list of questions for people who can help you with your paper, a list of resources,  and a system for keeping track of the info you collect.

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