RESEARCH PAPER
About this Assignment
For this research paper assignment, we had full control over our topic! Woo hoo! I chose the topic of Medication Safety - go figure! (medical field junkie). In this essay, we had to include an argument from a "naysayer" and provide research to back up our personal argument against the "naysayer". |
Purpose, Audience, Genre
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment was to research our topic and provide details to support our findings. Within this essay, we had to provide a "naysayer" argument and proclaim our own argument against theirs with research to back it up (if that makes any sense at all!). I believe I succeeded at the assignment by doing extensive research and providing details and support to verify my argument against the "naysayer". Audience: The audience of this essay is any medical professional. However, anyone can read this essay and follow along just fine! Genre: This essay is an argument! According to my textbook for this class, an argument should include the following: a clear and arguable position, necessary background info, good reasons, convincing evidence, it has to appeal to readers' values, trustworthy tone, and careful consideration of other positions. I think I included every requirement of this essay:
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Evaluation of Essay
We were assigned to pick a topic to research and provide support to back up our point of view on the topic. The strongest part of my essay is the body paragraph about instituting the correct training techniques in medical offices. There is so many training techniques to use while working in the medical field, it was really hard to narrow down to just a few! This essay was really easy for me - or more along the lines of the topic I chose. Being in the beginning of medical school, I am learning these tips and tools at the same time while putting them in my essay. I could have researched a little more when it came to the reliable resources that can be used in medical institutions. Even though I had enough to build my paragraph on and support my claim, I know that there are more out there. Research was crucial to this essay - I guess that's why it's called a "Research paper"! |
Revision Notes
I was directed by my peers to fix some grammar and mechanical errors- but, when it came time to get my final grade back, I somehow missed a few errors before I turned my final copy in. I guess I will learn to triple check before I turn another one in! All in all, I think I did pretty well structure and wording wise. This was our last major essay and I finally got the hang of the proper structure and wording. |