Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Synthesis Blog

I find that when I have to write an academic paper, it is difficult for me to put my thoughts into words on paper. I know what I want to say it is just that matter of it making sense when I write it down. I sometimes jump from one point to the next trying to say what I am thinking and it does not come out right. I think it is easier for me to write creatively rather than academically because you are writing about how you feel, and your opinion. You are free to write any way that you want with out having to write a certain way for a class or something. I think that the most difficult aspect of integrating sources into writings is having it make sense with the topic and putting it in the right place so it backs up with what you are saying in the academic paper. I think that putting in the hyperlink into our mulitmodals were a little easier because you click the word with the hyperlink in it and it takes you straight to the source where you got your infomation from. It can help explain better with what you are saying in your paper, it goes more in depth. It can bring more understanding about the writing.

2 comments:

Shadow said...

hi,Jennifer. I like your post and I feel the same way in academic writing.It is really hard to well orgnize the essay even though I write an outline before I before the writing. Sometimes I think my examples can support my thesis statement clearly but it turns out that my writing teacher is never satisfied with them. Well...I guess I have to work much harder in English writing now. Hopefully, my next semester will be better.

Rebecca Medley said...

Outlines help when you are absolutely stuck and do not know where to go next. Sentence outlines are even more helpful.