ASSIGNMENT 2 ENGLISH 102

Meggie Besaw

Assignment 2

English 102

            While reading the essay I though they were trying to show how a dull guideline research paper can become interesting and out of the box. The essay talks about how often research papers teach the act of producing as effortlessly as possible because you tend not to have to think out of the box as much. Research papers use to have one way of writing them with a set of certain guidelines you have to follow. I know at least for me if I had no way of making a paper some how little my own that I would easily lose interest and not put as much effort into it.

            The rest of the essay shows how research papers broadened through the years. Argumentative, personal, essay research, and multi genre/media/disciplinary/culture research are all the different type of research papers you can write. The essay explains the different ways that allows students to embrace a research paper so that they put more effort into the paper. People use research papers to follow questions they have about a topic to help them understand it more.  First year college students tend to have to write a research paper in the first year English and students are likely to come across a research paper in other classes.

            After reading the essay I find their way of writing essay papers seems more interesting and helped me feel more comfortable with the idea. I like the idea of being able to put a little of my own uniqueness into it so besides my topic it will be different from everybody’s. My ideas about research have changed completely! I was didn’t understand much of research papers and I was not very excited to learn and create a research paper this semester. After reading this essay I’ve realized a research paper can be unique and you can use a topic that is meaningful or interesting to you.