Month: November 2021

Persistence in Writing 

 Persistence in writing entails having determination, resiliency, endurance, and patience in carrying out a project. A good writer is always determined to complete individual projects within the framework provided.  Beating project deadline is not the only aspect defining a good writer. Resilience and endurance are also vital traits in a good writer.  The most famous literary work took authors many years to compile and correct. Before presenting an article or book to a targeted audience, it is vital making the necessary corrections. Many students feel demotivated when their work is resubmitted for corrections.  Patience plays a vital role in helping a student to learn from his or her mistakes.  The more a student is subjected to corrections and accepts them positively, the more excellent the learning opportunity.  A combination of determination, resilience, endurance, and patience in writing defines the success student achieves in writing.  From the presented description, I am an average persistent student.  I hate revisions, but that does not mean I do not revise my work.  I consider myself a prominent writer because even before reading “Bad Ideas about writing,” I was employed various techniques to develop writing ideas.  Moreover, I am good at meeting my project deadline, a fact that shows my determination. 

Research Project Expectations

Upon realizing we would be doing a research project, I developed an anxious feeling because I had never been involved in a research project.  I expected the process to present me with notable challenges.  I was particularly concerned about where I would get the necessary information to complete my project. Irrespective of my feelings,  I was excited that the project would equip me with the required skills to carry out my future writing project.  As I came to understand later, my concerns about gathering relevant data to guide my project were the most challenging aspect of the research project.  With the help of my friend and classmates, I got exposed to various online databases.  The latter ideology made a vital contribution in improving my writing skills. Among the most vital research writing skills I gained through undertaking the project is how to incorporate MEAL writing strategy in my works. The latter strategy requires students to have a clear thesis,  transition sentences, and a sentence connecting ideas discussed in the paragraph to the thesis statement. The skilled  I gained by carrying out the research exposed me to project tackling skills. I thus feel I will be handling my future project without experiencing challenges like I did in my first project.

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             The provided thesis statement makes clear claims based on the evidence provided  in the discussion.  To some extent however, some paragraphs in the essay do not reveal direct connection to the thesis statement. The latter noted ideology is evident in the essays color distribution.  Even though all paragraphs have a clear topic sentence, the last three paragraphs do not connect their arguments to the provided thesis statement.  Irrespective of the latter short coming, facts presented in the last three paragraphs display an indirect connection to the presented thesis.  The major problem in my essay arises from the presented thesis statement because it has limited the discussion to discuss how cheap availability of academic information had fueled plagiarism. Bearing in mind that the last three paragraphs do not connect with the thesis statement, the most effective way to improve my essay is to restrict the thesis statement.  Instead of reading “cheap availability of information over the internet has played a vibrant role in advancing plagiarism,” the revised thesis statement should read, “cheap availability of academic information on the internet enhance plagiarism which in turn exposes students to adverse impacts, however, students can combat plagiarism through embracing different strategies.

Source evaluation Criteria

Five relevant sources were selected to guide the research in response to the earlier presented research question, “How can a student use secondary sources and internet sources and still avoid plagiarism”. After running the first search, more than 20,000 peer-reviewed articles were achieved. The achieved sources were evaluated using the CRAAP test, whereby each source was examined by considering its currency, relevance, accuracy and purpose.  Following the scope of this discussion, one source “Levin, V. I. (2018). Plagiarism, its Essence and Measures to Prevent and Handle it. Vysshee obrazovanie v Rossii= Higher Education in Russia, 27(1), 143-150” will be examined. Levins article was included because it was the most current article addressing the issue in consideration. Even though other articles were composed in the last ten years, the information entailed in Levins was relevant and accurate. As the name title of the article reads, “plagiarism, its essence and measure to prevent and handle”, it addressed almost every aspect of the research question. The first few pages of the article provided details about the origin and definition of plagiarism. The remaining sections of the essay touched on various means that can be used to eradicate plagiarism. In addition to meeting the last inclusion criteria, the latter article contains verifiable data a fact that increases its accuracy. The author has cited other studies throughout the article.