WAW pg. 67-85

Nicholas Kollert

English 1510

WaW Pg. 67-85

Informal writing #3

Summary

            In Kantz’s article ‘Helping students use textual sources persuasively’, Kantz attempts to teach teachers and students to use research as best they can and how to use what information they already have in the proper ways. She argues that if you actually read the research for what it is you can get so much more out of it because she says facts are more claims then they are facts it just depends how you perceive them.

Synthesize

            The article by Kantz is similar to the article by Kleine in that they both propose different ways to analyze and get good information from your research. The two articles are different by the way the authors tell you to go about getting and using the information you come up with in your research.

QDJ

#1. Kantz says that facts and opinions are pretty much the same thing and that is they are claims and it all depends on how the reader interprets what they really are. Kantz also says that arguments are facts and opinions put together that can be challenged by the audience with yet another argument.

#2. Kantz says that in textbooks there are no facts just claims and its up to the reader on how they want to interpret those claims. For the most part I believe that she is right, but at the same time most of my textbooks have been factually correct so I think she could be wrong on some things. After reading this section I feel like I have a better grip on what Kantz is trying to present.

AEI

#2. How I take creativity and research is that you have to be creative about how you research. Don’t always just use the first site you come across and to look at the research from both sides so like the pros and cons of the research. Our ideas overlap in the sense that you have to look at it from both sides. Take a viewpoint of the information from the “for” side and then look at the “against” side. Overall Kantz had some good pointers on how to analyze your research which I think will be helpful in future writing projects.

Meta Moment

            The constructs or conceptions Kantz is trying to analyze are good research techniques and how to look at both sides of the argument and pick out good information. It would be useful to understand Kantz claims because they could be a useful tool in helping write better papers, and come up with better arguments within the paper your writing. 

My thoughts   

            Overall I thought Kantz article was very informative and could be a useful tool to use when writing a paper. I thought the way she presented how you have look at both sides of the argument to get a grip on the information was good. I plan to use some of these techniques when I’m trying to formulate my papers. Overall as I said this was a very helpful and well organized article.