Alright, the research paper articles i chose to read were the Marveling Comic one and the Wikipedia article. Being that I usually wait till the last min to do this and that i am terrible at remembering to do this blogging stuff...here it goes.
My boyfriend loves comics. I have never read them but have always been a big fan of the Marvel and DC comic movies based on the original comics. I have recently had a new found respect for comics because of my boyfriend though. This article talks about comics, obviously, and their history and how they play a role as literacy. I like how this article is set up in that the citations are obvious and when they used a large quote that was important to the structure of the paper, it was indented into the paragraph. I would have never thought to do it like that. I also like the use of dialog in one part of the article. It gives it more of a real feeling, like someone is telling about this topic to your face rather than writing about it to inform.
The second article i read was the Wikipedia article. The intro to the article explains clearly what they will be observing in this article. I often use Wikipedia to begin a search just to get some basic info before i start a major project or paper. It is a good way to get info from the public that may or may not be accurate. This article just goes over the basic aspects of Wikipedia and how it has its faults and strengths.
Ok so i have to get working somewhat on this huge paper we have been assigned because i am a bad procrastinator and if i dont do something then ill be screwed next week when its due. So im watching A Bugs Life and working on that. Good night!!
I read the wikipedia piece too. at first when we were assinged this piece i thought that it all had to be factual. Like put all this different information in one piece and call it a paper. It sort of scared me at fist thinking that we were not going to be able to have our voice or opinions in it. After reading or scanning that paper though i noticed that the author did in fact have a voice and opinion which was very refreshing to see. I think being able to tie in our own experiences and opinions will make the paper go faster that it normally would.
ReplyDeletei did not read the piece on the comics but it sounds like it was pretty decent and helpful. Good luck on your paper!