Blog 15

I chose to read chapter 9 Academic Writing Doesn’t Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice

This section is about writing in your own voice. It helps students transition from factual quotes to explaining the meaning in your own words. This chapter brings up the way people speak whether it is in a professional setting or a casual one. It helps show the reader the different ways we speak and how that can be used in your writing.  This chapter wants the reader to feel comfortable in the way they write and to use their own words when writing. This could be a revision strategy where you sit back and think whether what you are writing is something that actual people would say or something that a factual book would say. I chose this section because I feel that I tend to write proper and intellectual but this way could actual hurt me by not writing in a way that the audience can understand. I need to understand where my reader is coming from so that I can write to relate to them. When doing revisions for my essay, I will look to see how I write and see if I use my own voice. I want to have the reader understand what I am saying so that the message can be delivered. I learned how to transition from quotes to my own words as well. In doing so, this will provide a smoother transition within my paper. When doing other papers, I will look to use my own voice. I will present proper language to accustom my my readers.