In preparation for this assignment, I was able to use Pinterest as a way of research and learned that depending on research topic, that Pinterest and popular sources may be an acceptable way to support an argument. These sources are what I used in my comparison to the popular sources that can be found on Pinterest. My Exploratory draft three explores how popular sources can be useful in supporting an argument: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_rmoHln OZ5V17pCnADboyjJFrMrdW0pB2ac4eGOxm00/edit?usp=sharing. My Exploratory draft four is an annotated bibliograghy of the scholarly sources that I found: https://docs.google.com/ document/d/11cz5yDrvSBYUl1xjl7AcQ1Sf3KHEk2qcOvbcdgwuYQM/edit?usp=sharing.
The last aspect of this learning experience involved learning about sentences, sentence structure, and how use of punctuation allows for sentences to be grammatically correct. One aspect of the grammar lesson that positively affected my writing was the use of a comma after an introductory phrase. The example from my ED three is this sentence: “In my experience, Pinterest is a good way…” The were a few cases in my ED three that I corrected the lack of such comma. The second grammar tool that I used to better my writing was the semicolons and colons. I have used semicolons before, however I made it a …show more content…
This aspect allows readers to get a general idea of the topic of the source prior to reading to whole source to determine if the information is relevant to the question being answered. Because authors of scholarly sources used other information to support their claims, citations are always included with scholarly sources. Citations illustrate to the reader that this information is supported by other scholarly information which can be found based on the citation; citations validate the credibility of a source and the information within