Blog #3 they say I say Ch. 3&7

Introduction: 

• How we can improve our writing 
• The important of quoting 
• Framing quotes 
• The relevance of texts
• Clarifying the text for audience
• How to answer the "so what?" and "who cares?"

Chapter #3

• Quote exact words
• Quotations are orphans
• Find the right place for them to fit in and explain quotes
• Frame every quote
• Quotation sandwich
• Introduce the quote (bread) explain the relevance of quote (bread) actual quote (“meats”)
• Better too overly explain quotes then just to leave the quotation dangling

Quoting is a very crucial step in writing summaries because it shows that you're unbiased and fully understood what you have read. “Quoting someone else's words gives a tremendous amount of credibility to your summary and helps ensure that its fair and accurate”(43). Expanding your thought with a quote present in a book helps a summary be less boring. If you result back to credit what the book says it shows that you found some things in the book interesting if you recite it to be relevant.

Readers usually don't like quoting in their summaries because it's hard to choose the right quotes that explain what they want to summarize, “However, finding the relevant quotations is not always easy.”(44). When using certain quotes they don't always perfectly explain what you're trying to summaries. Also they don't want too have to go back and cite the quotations,

When quoting a text you don't just want to randomly insert the quote, you need to put it in the sense that it's relevant for you to insert it. For example, “To adequately frame a quotation, you need to insert it into what we call a “quotation sandwich”, with the statement introducing it serving as the top slice of bread and the explanation following it serving as the bottom slice.”(46).  Framing the quote is important because it shows its relevance.

Chapter #7

• All writing is conversational
• “Why care of the text?”
• Need to address the crucial questions
• Arguments matter
• All writers need to answer the “so what?” and the “who cares?” questions
• Explain why it matters keep your urging audience, too keep reading, pay attention, and care

Explaining why a quote is important is a huge importance because it keeps the audience engaged to hear your point of view. For example,  “When you step back from the text and explain why it matters, you are urging your audience too keep reading, pay attention, and care.”(100). Keeping the audience interested in your summary is key to a relevant summary that's why inserting your own input to the text is key.

Answering the “who care?” and the “So what's?” is important because it answers the questions to what the readers are wondering when reading the text. As stated in the text, “At this point, you might wonder if you need to answer the “who cares?” and “so what?” questions in everything you write. Is it very necessary to address these questions if you're proposing something so obviously consequential.”(99) When you're addressing a very important topic engaging and adding your words to explain a quote inserted into your summary is the best way to show why the writing is relevant.

Often all the “who cares?” and “so what?” questions are left unanswered. Like stated in the text, “Instead, the problem is that the speakers don't address the crucial questions of why their arguments matter.”(92). It is crucial that you express the importance of the writing. It shows how some people might have missed the true meaning of crucial importance of the text. You would ultimately remind them and they will seem more interested in your summaries then another person whom would just straight out of the book explain what happened.

QUESTIONS:

What is a good way to introduce a quote?

What is a good framing technique that will make question tie into explanations better?