Annoying Ways People Use Sources.

January 28, 2018

Armadillo Roadkill is Kyle Stedman’s rule to remind us to introduce our quote. To better explain this concept, Kyle uses the example of a person hitting an armadillo. He shows a paragraph were a person soley said “and the passenger said to the driver, “But that armadillo—I didn’t see it! It just came out of nowhere!” Without introducing this quote the reader loses the grief that would come along with hitting an armadillo. There is no reason to drop a quote without any warning. Therefore, the fix is to warn that the quote is coming, tell where it is from, and show the reader how to interpret it.

The annoying way I am guilty of the most in my writing is probably Dating Spiderman. A lot of times I start or end paragraphs with quotes or paraphrasing because I feel like beginning and ending writing is the hardest part. This is a bad thing because it makes paragraphs feel rushed, disjointed, and unexplained. To fix this annoyance the writer must prepare, quote, and anaylize. The reader wants to prepare for a quote, read the quote, and then be told how to interpert it.

Rankings from a proffesor: I swear I did some research, Armadillo Roadkill, Uncle Barry, Dating Spiderman, I can’t find the right link, Am i In the right movie?

Rankings from a Newpaper editor/blogger: Am i in the right movie?, I swear I did some research, I can’t find the right link, Dating Spiderman,Uncle Barry, Armadillo Roadkill

Changes: I ranked the more common sense one like armadillo roadkill and uncle barry as less important because they are more common sense things for proffesionals. However, the college student papers that proffesors are grading are not as expirenced or proffesional, so they are looking out more for the small things.