Timelines are very important with my paper. If I chose an article that talked about Chinese immigration in the early 1900's, this would not have much relevance to my research now except for creating a pattern or history. I need to find sources that have been researched within the past ten years or even earlier.
When evaluating my research, time comes up again. The information must be "contemporary" according to chapter 8. The recent information must be relevant as well as persuasive. Historic information also may be relevant but I'm not sure how useful it would be for my research.
When evaluating reseach, it cannot all be looked at in the same way. For example, I would not use the same criteria to evaluate an interview that is mostly opinions and a scholarly article that presents the facts.
One thing that caught my attention in the matching reasons with evidences discusses thinking about what you're writing and not sitting down and blindly writting. I usually sit down and blindly write. But this made me think and actually sit down and type out a list with a reasons side and an evidence side. I then wrote one reason and then matched the evidence to that reason.
Then I did a little bit of an outline and figured out where I wanted what information. My first outline was very messy with things scratched out and moved around. But it is much easier to do it now instead of moving things around after I have typed it.
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It sounds like you are learning and practicing very useful writing skills! It makes it a lot easier to write a good paper.
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