Over the course of writing this research paper, I've realized how important it is to have a very detailed outline. Though writing the outline was hard work, once I started writing my draft, I could see how much it was paying off. Writing your outline with a lot of detail makes the draft so much easier to write. If you have already written most the information you need in your paper, there isn't much that you need to add. I have also learned a lot more about MLA formatting and citations for a paper. Once I got used to it, I realized it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
One thing that I had trouble on while researching was making my notecards. I felt like I was doing them wrong. The example assignment online didn't help me see what I was missing. I was confused about the titles of the notecards, and how they would answer the research question. It turns out that I had misunderstood, and I realized the the pile titles were supposed to answer the research question. I'm glad I figured out my notecard problem before turning them in.
I totally agree that outlines help the paper so much! Also I'm glad that you figured out the notecards.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the outline. At first, I was dreading it because outlines take awhile, but the more detailed it is, the easier it is to write.I also learned more about MLA format because before this, I was not to good with citations and in text-citations and now I feel like I know it much better.
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