Saturday, November 10, 2007
Signal Phrase Comparison
Looking back at my summary, my signal phrases sometimes usually showed some of my own tone while also keeping some of the author’s. I got the impression from the readings that we are suppose to use our signal phrases to help show our point of view, but I found it hard to express a point of view with a summary. I also was confused on assignment, in that I felt like I was suppose to be citing the sources that Beaty cited, rather than citing the article pages. If I did this wrong please inform me. And looking at my sources for the research paper, I am wondering the same thing, weather or not we are suppose to cite the article where we obtained our information, or where that article obtained its information.
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those are good questions:
in a research paper, your signal phrases will indeed indicate your own opinion on the issue. For example, you could report the material you support in a neutral voice, and the material you are covering as counter-points with which you disagree, you could use signal phrases such as "he claims," or "she asserts" or "they argue"; those phrases leave open the possibility that you disagree.
on using source material, you cite the article you actually used. If you pick up an actual quote that your source has quoted from another source, you still cite your source, but refer to an "indirect source" too - see item 13 on p. 554 of your textbook
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