Annotated Bibliography Reflection

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Reflection 1: Online audience expectations

Online audience is one of the groups of people that one will interact with on a daily basis. As a speaker, whether on an online platform or not, it is important to come up with strategies that can be used to ensure that the expectations of the people are met on the online platforms. One of the things that speakers have to face on the online platforms is that they always meet people who do not speak the same language like theirs. It is something that makes it hard for the speakers to come up with a way of ensure that they meet the expectation of the audience. This book looks at what on online platforms are always looking for. There is a manner that one can use to be able to solve all the problems that the listeners have on the online platform. In this case, the boon concentrates on the things that people on the platform are always willing to get when they visit such a webpage.

The first thing that people want to meet on the webpage is the content that they need. Depending on the name of website, people can come up with ideal of what they should expect to find on the platform. The reason why there are some WebPages that receive a lot of visitors compared to the others is because they have clear information that will serve the interest of those who visit it. It is always important to come up with a way of ensuring that you have the ability to overcome most of the challenges that people have been experiencing as they try to get access to the information that they need. Not every webpage that one visits has the ability to provide them with the quality of information that they need. Some of the WebPages do not have what it takes to be called a webpage. For this case, it is important that should ensure all the information they have on the platform relates to what the webpage is all about.

The people on the platform also expect to find links to other external sites that they can use to get information that relates to the information they are searching. Sometimes, a site does not have the information that one needs and it is important that the owner of that site should come up with ways of ensuring that they have the best information that can lead the reader to another site. Apart from such links, people on the online platform also expect to find pictures that relate to the topic they want. Pictures are always appealing and if you want many people to keep visiting your site then it is important that you come up with pictures that can help you to retain them on the site. A reader will be more than willing to visit a site that has pictures that can help him or her to explain the question he or she has at hand. When creating content for the webpage you have, it is important to take the expectation of the audience into consideration as it is what determines whether they will visit the site again or not.

Reflection 2: Rhetorical analysis reflection

Rhetoric’s refer to the things that make it easy to communicate with people. There are things that one must use in case he or she wishes to have the best performance. There are many ways that one can use the rhetorical styles to be able to achieve his or her intended purpose. Many people the styles without knowing the manner in which they should use to achieve the end result. Many people have been asking why they always fail to perform like the others. Anyone that wishes to be a good performer in writing literary works should first ensure that they have the best literary styles in place.

In case you are tasked with the duty of ensuring that you carry out an analysis of the text that you have been given, the first thing that you need to do is to look at the non-verbal cues that can be used in such a case. This is common in the cases where one needs to talk to other people face to face. One has to express some of the things in the best way is by using the styles that involve non verbal cues. One of the ways that is always used by many people in the use of gestures. Gestures enable those people who do not have the ability to hear what the speaker is saying. They strain a lot of get the information that they would wish to get from the speech that one is having. Rhetorical analysis refers to the aspects that might not necessarily need answers to explain. There are certain things that other people always do that make it quite hard for them to be able to pass information that they wish to have to their audience. Having an audience that can get the things that you are saying is one of the things that make it quite hard . It is important that even if you find out that there are many books that relate to the topic, you have to look for one that relates to the topic directly. Not all of them will relate to the extent that you wish to have the relations. Also, depending on how you wish to write your paper, it is important that you come up with a way of ensuring that book you have chosen is the best.

Reflection 3: Annotated bibliography reflection

Annotated bibliography refers to a text that explains the relationship between a given topic and a literary work. Books are always reviewed in this case. There are factors that one has to put into consideration when writing an annotated bibliography. Many people have failed to write the best ones because they do not know the things they should be putting into consideration. The first one is the topics in question. Once you have a topic, the next thing that you should be doing is to come up with a way of finding the books that relate to the topic that they have been given. The topic will dictate the type of books that will be chosen. In most cases, it is important to choose those books that have been published recently. It is important that even if you find out that there are many books that relate to the topic, you have to look for one that relates to the topic directly. Not all of them will relate to the extent that you wish to have the relations. Also, depending on how you wish to write your paper, it is important that you come up with a way of ensuring that book you have chosen is the best.

Readers will always be looking for the direct relationship between the thing book that one has chosen and the manner in which it will be possible to come with content that you wish to have. One of the most common mistakes that people make when choosing the book is that they do not take time to look at the content in the book. You have to read the content so that you determine whether it will be possible to relate the topic to the book. The major thing that people wish to achieve as they come up with an annotated bibliography is showing people that the books have been cited in the paper. By just reading the annotated bibliography, it is possible to come up with information on what the paper will be about. One can easily see the fact that the book will be very important in the research. If it is an academic paper, one will easily learn the reason why the book has been used and even if it will be of any help during the research. Books that are used in this case have to be those that come from people who have been in the writing industry. Popular writer always have the first preference because they take into account things that they have seen over the year. Books used in the annotated bibliography should also show the extent to which the writer has gone ahead to include information that is of great help to the reader. Many people always want to get information from books that are from trusted publishers.

When it comes to writing the piece, it is important to write the name of the book first. You can then follow it up with the reason why you feel the book is of great help to the research. Once the reader has connected this, he will learn that the information in the book is about the topic and that he or she does not have to go ahead and read the book on their own.

Reflection 4: argumentative essay

Writing an argumentative essay is one of the most exciting pieces that one can opt to write. One of the things that make this piece quite hard for the writers is the fact that making a choice of the topic that one would opt to write about is quite hard. There are many ways that one can use to be able to come up with a way of ensuring that they choose the best topic. An argumentative essay is an essay that is written based on a topic that is up for debate. To choose a good topic, one will have to look at some of the discussions that people are having currently. It is important to take this into consideration because it ensures that you keep abreast with some of the issues that people are talking. The media is one of the places that one can visit to have access to such topics. The topic that one decides to choose will be based on the facts that other people have said or whether the fact that are out there are the same as those that writer had.

One of the things that you need to need to put into consideration is how you can come up with a thesis statement that can he or she can either support or oppose. It is through opposing or proposing the thesis that one will be able to come up with a way of ensuring that they get the content for the topic. The topic is one of the things that have to be put into consideration when coming up with the thesis statement. The thesis statement should be one that directly relates to the topic that is in question. The thesis statement should give the reader an idea of the things that they will expect to find in the essay. The essay will be the best piece that you can come up with if you have the ability to come up with points to either support or oppose the thesis statement that you have been given. You should know how to come up with good thesis statement that can attract the attention of the reader. One of the things that people always fail to achieve is the fact that readers are not easy to maintain in the essay. Many people do not know how to do this. What they should be doing is to come up with a way of listing the points they have in order of how they rank. After having a thesis statement, it is possible to list the points depending on how they rank. People fail to recognize that by listing them this way, they will be able to come up with a way of ensuring that they have the reader all through the essay. If an essay doe not attract the attention of the reader, it might not be easy to rank it as an argumentative essay that can bring out the best in the topic that one wanted to write about.

The four reflections show the different ways that English can help one to be able to communicate with other people. The online platform is always very hard for many writers because they do not know the things that the readers are always looking for. Through the reflection, one will learn the things that they need to do in case they want to have the best interaction with people on the online platforms just like any other platform.

References

 Black, Edwin (1998). "The Second Persona". In John Lucaites; Celeste Michelle Condit; Sally Caudill (eds.). Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Reader. New York: Guilford. pp. 331–340. ISBN 1-572-30401-4.

Shirky, Clay (2008). Here Comes Everybody. Penguin Group. ISBN 978-1-59420-153-0.