6 March, 2008

I have learned some things about my writing through this course such as how to contextualize quotes into essays more cleanly. I have also learned about the idea of an analysis paragraph as a way to put points together and establish something new by combining them into one explanatory paragraph for analysis and synthesis. I also have generally learned how to write more effective research papers by finding better sources and by really analyzing the sources I find.

I’ve learned the importance of rhetorical analysis with regards to writing, meaning that I know more to look for in sources such as the audience, possible bias, and other things that might change how the writing should be taken.

I would say learning about the many avenues of finding sources from examining bibliographies to using focused search engines to access sources I might not have found normally.