Saturday, February 28, 2015

Homework for Monday, March 9

See the reading assignment in the syllabus to answer the questions: 
What are the three common mistakes people make in their essay?  
How can you best avoid bias in your own essay?

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  1. The three common mistakes people make in their essay is to (1) write an argumentative paper about their position on the controversy rather than analyzing the it, (2) present two issues regarding the controversy exclusively as complete opposites meanwhile the stakeholders could share similar opinions but have different ways of approaching the solution, and (3) not using academic research to gather relevant information to analyze a controversy when they use popular articles found on Google.
    Another mistake people can make while writing a controversy analysis paper is gradually skewing their paper and making it biased. To avoid bias make sure your writing doesn’t sound like you’re giving your opinion on the matter and instead keep a distance to maintain objectivity. Do not use phrases such as “Author X: does not seem to realize that,” “loses his credibility,” or “fails to mention that.” Instead say that the “Author: may seem less credible to some readers when he says” or “argues that.” Save your own argument for the next paper where it will matter.

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  2. The three common mistakes people make in their essays are writing an argumentative paper rather than focusing on the controversy, presenting the two sides as complete opposites and not using credible academic sources for your research. In order to avoid bias we should revise our writing to make sure we don't insert our opinion in any way. We should try our best to keep a neutral point of view as we write.

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  3. There are three common mistakes often made when writing a controversy analysis. The first mistake it to infuse the paper with your own opinion instead of trying to look at both sides objectively. The second mistake is to ignore the in-between opinions that exist within the controversy, not everything is always black and white. The third mistake is not using academic sources to support the arguments of both sides.

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  4. The three common mistakes are:1) use their own position to write the controversy idea of the argumentative paper. 2) Treat two opposite idea as completely wrong or right 3) only use popular resource found on some website for the paper and no rhetorical resource.
    To avoid these, we should make sure which rhetorical resource we are going to use when we right the entries of annotated bibliography, and when we write the essay, think about advantage and disadvantage of both topic.

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  5. The first mistake the writers make when writing a controversial paper is that they argue about what side is correct, instead of just analyzing it. Another mistake that writers make is that they treat the two sides they are researching as two extremes on opposite sides of the spectrum. The third mistake that is commonly made is that academic and scholarly journals are not used to support both sides.
    To avoid bias in a paper, your opinion should never be interjected. If you are not neutral, the paper has a bias, thus it is no longer a controversy paper.

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  6. The three common mistakes people make in writing their essay is including their opinion instead of just focusing on the facts, introducing opposite ideas as the only possible solutions, and avoiding academic search. To avoid this we must not inlcude our opinion and save it for the third essay.

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  7. The first mistake that a writer while make in an essay is arguing about which side correct rather than playing the field and giving their audience an unbiased piece. The second mistake is that the author will only write to the extremities of both sides of the argument. The third, which is quite common, is not using academic sources to support their paper. When trying to avoid bias in a paper the writer must take a neutral stance, doing their best to never voice any personal statements especially when presenting the main points of the argument.

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  8. The three common mistakes that a writer will make in an essay are writing an argument supporting their own position rather than analyzing the controversy, writing only about the two opposite solutions as the only possible solutions to the controversy, and not using academic sources for the essay. In order to avoid bias, one must remain neutral and reread the essay in order to make sure that at no point his own opinion surfaces.

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  9. There are three common mistakes writers use when they write an argumentative essay. First, they interject their own opinion into their essay. They choose a side, rather than staying unbiased. Secondly, many people use the opposite ideas as the only solutions and ignore what the in between opinions or solutions are. Lastly, many people forget to use scholarly articles. They just use popular sources, which don't give enough evidence for the essay. I can avoid bias by taking all personal statements out of my essay.

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  10. There are three common mistakes of writing an argumentative essay. First, some writers would include own opinion in the essay, which is not suitable. Second, some writers only focus on the two extremes side of the argument and do not write about the blur part of the argument. Third, some writers forget to mention the sources, which would make the argument sound like a personal opinion. The easiest way to avoid those mistakes are don't choose a side during writing till the conclusion part.

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  11. There are three common mistakes of writing an argumentative essay. First, some writers would include own opinion in the essay, which is not suitable. Second, some writers only focus on the two extremes side of the argument and do not write about the blur part of the argument. Third, some writers forget to mention the sources, which would make the argument sound like a personal opinion. The easiest way to avoid those mistakes are don't choose a side during writing till the conclusion part.

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