Tuesday, November 11, 2008

slate article

1. The links in this article help support the author's point by clarifying certain aspects and reasons for the arguement. For example, when the author points out that alleged plagiarist said something there is a link to the interview. I found this useful for a more complete understanding of the arguement. I found it effective when there was something that needed to be clarified like a conversation, but it was not as effective when the link was pretty much a definition. I think that I would definitely use links in my online arguement. It would be useful to be able to have link to some sites with statistics and arguements by experts to earn credibility.
2. I think that the way he organizes his arguement by stating a form of plagiarism then portraying the text in which the form was abused. I thought this was very effective because it is straight forward as to what is wrong. He used evidence from MLA texts and such to format this arguement. Not only did he use evidence but he used backing.

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