Chapter 16 of the Bedford Researcher instructs writers on how to "write with style". This chapter includes instructions on how to keep your writing concise and how to consistently keep a point of view using active/passive voice correctly. There are many words and phrases authors should learn to avoid. Unnecessary modifiers and introductory phrases such as "really" or "very fine" and "there is" or "here are" clog up sentences and should be eliminated, a long with stock phrases. Too many words in a sentence may make an author feel more professional, but can just confuse the reader and could even change the sentence's meaning. Using passive and active voice can provide emphasis, but if used wrong or combined can make the author seem uneducated. This chapter also helps an author carefully choose their words to framing your argument. Distinguishing when it is appropriate to use formal language versus more casual or specialized language can help polish the written work.
This chapter's section on transitions is very useful. Transitions can make all of the difference in a paper, and having a lot of transitional words displayed and explained is useful in the writing process. As it is expected to reference other authors or scholars in my research paper, the subsection with examples on creatively introducing other authors will be very handy. A paper full of boring transitions or even no transitions is not a good paper.
No comments:
Post a Comment