tailieunhanh - Steps to writing well_7

Tham khảo tài liệu 'steps to writing well_7', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | CHAPTER 14 - WRITI NG A PAPER USI NG RESEARCH 387 REMEMBER Both paraphrased and summarized ideas must be attributed to their sources even if you do not reproduce exact words or figures. INCORPORATING YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL Be aware that a research paper is not a massive collection of quotations and paraphrased or summarized ideas glued together with a few transitional phrases. It is instead an essay in which you offer your thesis and ideas based on and supported by your research. Consequently you will need to incorporate and blend in your reference material in a variety of smooth persuasive ways. Here are some suggestions Use your sources in a clear logical way. Make certain that you understand your source material well enough to use it in support of your own thoughts. Once you have selected the best references to use be as convincing as possible. Ask yourself if you re using enough evidence and if the information you re offering really does clearly support your point. As in any essay you need to avoid oversimplification hasty generalizations non sequiturs and other problems in logic for a review of common logical fallacies see pages 297-300 . Resist the temptation to add quotations facts or statistics that are interesting but not really relevant to your paper. Don t overuse direct quotations. It s best to use a direct quotation only when it expresses a point in a far more impressive emphatic or concise way than you could say it yourself. Suppose for instance you were analyzing the films of a particular director and wanted to include a sample of critical reviews. As one movie critic wrote This film is really terrible and people should ignore it Dennison 14 . The preceding direct quotation above isn t remarkable and could be easily paraphrased. However you might be tempted to quote the following line to show your readers an emphatically negative review of this movie. As one movie critic wrote This film s plot is so idiotic it s clearly intended for people who move .