Throughout my time as an English major, I have had to complete several assignments that tie into what 301 explores in a whole. The first one that comes to mind is a research paper I had to do for my 102 class. It was a standard research paper with a twist. We had to analyze our sources in depth. We had to look into their background, find out why they were writing the article, and comment on their stands. Were they credible? Could we trust them to provide accurate information? Was a piece opinion or fact?
I had to write my paper based on these sources, so if they weren't accurate, my paper could hardly be accurate. That assignment really opened my eyes to analyzing source material. I compare 301 to it, because we are analyzing writers and their processes. Though, in 301 we go about it a different way. Also, 301 is very much more in depth to the topic of analyzing.
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Sounds like a very interesting project to do! This project provides an interesting case study for intertextual referencing because of the intense study you had done of each source that you eventually incorporated (or chose not to incorporate) into your essay. I'd be interested in hearing you say more about these types of questions: what sources did you decide to directly quote and why? what sources did you decide to indirectly reference and why? What sources did you analyze/interpret/paraphrase, and why? Answering these types of questions could help us to understand how you exert agency as a writer to achieve your rhetorical purpose.
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