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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Questions about First Major Assignment

Post your questions about the assignment here as a comment to this post. You can simply copy and paste the questions you've included in the minor assignment you've posted on your blog. 

8 comments:

  1. -what is the difference between academic and nonacademic writings?
    -does an interview count for one of the sources so we do not have to include 7 sources
    -when is this due?

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  2. Questions that I have:

    1. Where should we find the source that we will be using in our essay?

    2. What style of citing will we be using for this assignment and for the rest of the semester?

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  3. Q1: Why do we need to analyze our writing style?
    Q2: How to express our own writing manner?
    Q3: What should we do to make our writing more persuasive?

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  4. 1. What is the quantitative distinction between an academic piece of writing and a non-academic piece of writing? (I know we're going over this, but it's still a question I have)
    2. When you say "...approximately 1250 words (5 pages)" and "... at least 5 full double-spaced pages", what is the specific length requirement? Can my paper be too long?
    3. With regards to the optional interview, should it be cited as a corroboration of my conclusions or as evidence to create them?

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  5. 1. The key difference between non-academic and academic sources?
    2. Where are we supposed to find the academic sources compared to non-academic?
    3. What type of information are we supposed to give about the discipline of our interest?

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  6. 1. If I were to do the optional interview section, how close would the professional I am interviewing have to be in my field? For example, if I intend to go into illustration, could I interview my design teacher?

    2. If we were to do the interview, can that considered one of the three non-academic sources we need?

    3. What is considered academic? What is considered non-academic?

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  7. 1. What if you were an open major and didn't know what to write about?

    2. How do you get into detail about the discipline factor in the assignment?

    3. Does the optional part of the assignment give you more points?

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  8. 1. Will exceeding the 5 pages requirement affect our grades?
    2. Will you provide what we will be researching on more specifically?

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