D#10, HW#1 - Reading Reflection

Reading Chapter 5, 7 and websites:

I learned something new with the reading chapter 5 and the following website: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/researchroom/sources/index.asp

Signal Phrases! I’ll need to use signal phrases to assist my readers in distinguishing between my ideas and the many sources I use in my research paper. A few signal phrases to use are:

again
also
furthermore
in addition
one, another, too
next
according to (source or author name)
in other words the (source or author name)
in the words of (name of the author or authors)
(name of the author) indicates
(name of the author) writes
(name of the author) suggests
(name of the author) implies

Chapter 7 provided the following:
Transition phrases are another area I’ll need to focus on. Some of these phrases I’ll need to possibly incorporate are:

Because
For example
For instance
In general
Although
Admittedly
Certainly
Granted
Nonetheless
Of course
All things considered
Therefore

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedfordresearcher/tutorials/Chapter10/index.html – As I worked through the paraphrase tutorial, I discovered I didn’t know how to paraphrase correctly. This was rather quite alarming. I’ll need to focus some major time here.

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedfordresearcher/tutorials/Chapter13/index.html – Well at least I got one thing down, quoting sources. It was a good refresher. Although, I did notice I still need to actively work on my signal phrases.

The fourth website I read was very helpful for creating my reference page since our class will be using APA style. I have already been keeping and working from a resource list that I set up through a word document. When I decide which sources I’ll actually be using in my paper, it will make the task of creating a reference page much simpler. Using this fourth website and the handbook, I should be able to cite my sources correctly on my reference page.