Monday, October 15, 2012

paper reflection


I wrote my paper on chapter two, The Swamp of Commitment. I’m not very good at writing papers, especially one that is more academically focused so while this paper was hard for me, I think I put in the time and met with Mrs. Thomas a few times to make sure my paper was still okay. My paper follows MLA format and is almost a full four pages. My summary includes the author, text, and title. I believe my thesis can be easily picked out and the topic of my paper is clear. Throughout my paper I did my best to focus in on analyzing rather than summarizing my chapter. I summarized in my introduction paragraph and from that point on I narrowed in on taking the part piece by piece and finding out if the authors achieved their goal of backing up there theory behind the sway. Many times in my paper I make reference to the text. I quote in the introduction paragraph and then point out phrases or words that relate to the topic of my certain paragraph later on in my paper. I indicate the parts I took from the text by quoting the page number after it. My conclusion sums up my paper and leaves the reader with my view on the way chapter two was written. I think all around my paper stays more on the analytical side and gets my thoughts across. After reading my paper you have a good idea of what chapter two is about and how effective it is for the reader.

1 comment:

  1. I haven't had a chance to read your paper but I'm sure it's great! It sounds like you did a lot of critical thinking and was easily able to analyze which was my hardest part. Mrs. Thomas was also very helpful to me too.

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