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Boyd uses the murder mystery scenario to show her audience that writing can bring out a detective trait in all of us. Boyd says "Since detectives are trained observers who search for clues to aid in the investigation of a crime, they provide written, first-hand accounts of the tangible evidence they find." I can relate this to how I feel trying to gather information for my writings. I feel like the people who suffer from this the most are students who have to research quote after quote and dig through websites and books for information that is not always easy to find. It is very important to find credible sources and to quote them correctly.
Finally I am having fun with the reading assignments. What Boyd says to me is to learn how to put myself in the place, at the moment and describe to readers what I want them to see and feel. I was on the phone this week with my friend who moved from central Utah to coastal Oregon. She is suffering from high heat and humidity. All these years I have been trying to relate to her about the heat and humidity here in Macon, Georgia and never really got close to getting it across. One week of freaky high temps and humidity, living in an area where no one installs air conditioners because why go to the expense when summer is pretty darn mild - usually. Now when I tell her that my clothes seem to be a second skin while I am out working in my yard in central Georgia, she can relate.
ReplyDeleteI totally think you're stance on the way you interpreted the essay. I can also relate with the way the most students have to research after quotes. And how important it is to find credible sources and quoting them in the right way.
ReplyDeleteI can completely agree on the citing and finding a quote it's a lot hard than thought out to be.
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