“Introduction to Researching and Making Claims”
In the piece, Graves writes about all writing being considered as research because in each piece we are going further in depth about a topic which, in the end, reveals something new that can be learned from that topic. Research also gives credibility to both the work and the writer because it shows the work’s argument is being supported by evidence and the writer know’s what they are writing about because they have facts behind it. The most interesting sentence of the piece is “As you pay attention to the differences between these trees– and really begin to see each tree in the forest–you become aware of your own feelings about this debate” because it makes the tree example make sense and reveals that research is not entirely a negative and lengthy journey but it can simply be looking at a topic in a closer way that reveals the emotions involved or even something different. I think that sentence makes the passage make sense as to what research is all about and that it doesn’t have to be paired with a negative connotation.
“The Research Process”
In this work, the authors write about the process of wanting to know more about something. They claim that research is all about the process of inquiry in which you look more in depth into a topic which is also known as research. This passage is also trying to change the negative connotation associated with the word “research.” The work also goes on to say that it is the exigence of reasoning that many wonder about. The most interesting sentence in this work is “A problem from everyday life can produce a line of inquiry that leads you toward all sorts of other questions” because it shows that research is not so bad when you think of it in the way that everything when looked into further becomes an inquiry which is research.
Questions about assignment
Would “engaging with other’s views” be the counter-argument?
What do you mean by contains few “to be” verbs?
3 Groups
-The Border and Illegal Immigration (How Illegal Immigrants are portrayed in Media- Both sides)
-How the Media portrays teenagers (both sides)
-How the Media portrays women (both sides) (feminists?)