Chapter 30 & 32 Reading Response

Chapter 30 Personal Reaction: Generally speaking, throughout all of the writing courses I've taken, this chapter did take me by surprise because I've never seen anything remotely close to "Planning your research project" like I did in this chapter. More specifically is the different steps it takes you through such as the research process listed on page 627. As far as argument papers, I've usually been advised to avoid asking questions as far as the topic/thesis, so I was also surprised to read on page 628 "Asking a research question", which I can imagine only makes it easier for the writer when it comes to research, what EXACTLY am I looking for? I know that nowadays finding information online is extremely convenient, so I appreciate that the book talks about different options like going to the library and personal interviews on page 229, which is why with this paper I'm trying really hard to get interviews with professionals on the subject because it's so much more than online sources.

Chapter 30 Professional Reaction: As far as my professional reaction to this chapter, I feel that ALL the information is relevant, especially for this part of the course where research plays an extremely relevant role. No matter how experienced one might be with writing, you can always learn more. Between the research process, learning about different sources to use, and useful ways to store that information regarding that topic, etc. I found this chapter to be very important throughout the process of this paper thus far, and I would highly recommend this chapter to anyone who needs to do a research project.

Chapter 32 Personal Reaction: My overall personal reaction for this chapter is appreciative because finding resources for any type of paper can be difficult, especially if it's online. Something that will ALWAYS stick with me is stay away from Wikipedia and .com resources, try and stay with .org or .edu. I understand that nowadays online research is the new and best thing, but it kind of frustrates me that in this chapter online resources is discussed more than others. That being said however I do like that it talks about finding sources through the library and interviewing experts in the field of the subject that one has picked, I still believe those resources are much more valuable than what one might find online.

Chapter 32 Professional Reaction: As with ALL of our textbook chapters so far, I would highly recommend this one to anyone who has research to do because it covers all the grounds of different sources that a writer may or may not use. Like I said before, online research is very fast and convenient, but I personally believe that using sources like books and personal interviews can not only make one's paper unique, but stand out as well because of the variety. That being said this chapter can really help one to make their paper a little different by using the different sources that are available to us besides what's online.

-Samantha Gardner
English 122


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