4/11 Readings

I'm not 100%sure that I have the entire Swales reading, however if it is just the 2 pages that opened, however if it is the entire text I am glad. Finally an article where someone is able to sum up all of the points they wish to make in a conscience, clear fashion.

Introductions for papers have always been what I, as well as I believe most other students, consider to be the hardest part in writing a paper. Just about every teacher from grade school through graduate school, believes that even a standard paper should have varying formats, and the least consistent is the introduction. Some teachers want a catchy opening, some want quotes, while others want you to get straight to the point. It makes starting any paper somewhat of a nightmare, which is why I always choose to save the opening for last.

I thought that Swale's 'Moves' were interesting, especially the idea of establishing a niche. These ideas will be helpful in te future.

I fount the Kantz article to be informative, but at times a bit repetitive. I am not sure that I agree when he states 'writers can only handle so much task demands at one time.' I believe often the issues that rise from an unstructured or unorganized paper comes from a lack of clarity on assignments, not just the inexperience of the author. When a subject is to vague or broad it can be hard for any author, even experienced ones, to filter all of the relevant information into a seemingly non-biased persuasive paper.

I however did love the line when he said 'synthesizing ideas often requires the reader to not agree with the author's idea.' Like we discuessed in the first weeks of class, I believe a key part of reading or processing any information, is questioning the authors intenet as well as position and thinking critically. I wish that critical thinking was 'taught' or at least developed in more classes outside of english.