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Strategies for eliminating wordiness
Copying this to use for my future papers. I definitely struggle with wordiness sometimes.
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Academese style:
I have often written in this style to try and beef up my papers and sound more confident/knowledgable. After reading this, I realize that it can just make your papers sound over-confidence and that you're trying too hard.
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Coming up with Alternate Keywords
I've noticed that I sometimes struggle to find the correct alternate keywords to use when trying to find sources.
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relevant scholarly article databases
I really like the scholarly databases that HACC offers because they make finding research fast and you know that the information is actually viable.
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Often arguments are ambiguous
I've never thought of arguments as being ambiguous..
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Are supporters of reproductive justice always pro-choice?
I believe wanting reproductive justice for women goes farther than just being pro-choice or pro-life. I believe you can also argue about birth control, sex education, and menstrual products.
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As we choose words to paraphrase a writer’s points, we will want to reread the text to see how strongly the writer suggests something or what attitude they take toward a counterargument.
I use to struggle a lot with correctly summarizing other peoples writings, so I'm looking forward to going over this chapter.
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We could write a short version of the first half of the sentence, put it in a box, and point it toward a short version of the second half:
As someone who is a visual learner, I really liked them going through with an example of the boxes using the text from the last page.
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Sample Margin Notes on an Argument's Claims
I like this example of how to set up notes. I've always struggled with taking notes in certain classes like English.
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As writers, we all have to feel at times that we are struggling in the dark.
I felt this way a lot in my English classes in high school.
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In college, we are faced with so much pressure to perform and figure out our futures.
I really related to this sentence. Especially after taking a 3 year break from school, it's been so hard to get back into the swing of doing assignments and keeping on track.
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