Monday, May 10, 2010
Chapter 14...
As I was reading chapter 14 the main topic that the chapter mentions that caught my eye the most was generalizing, which is pretty much the actual main topic of the chapter. I thought the information the book gave about generalizing was interesting because the examples were very helpful and did not bore me at all. What the book mentioned is that, "sometimes we use the word for the whole argument." I never actually knew that generalization was used for the whole argument, I always thought that a generalization was only used at the very end of an essay. I am so glad that I read through this part of the book because one it is the most important topic of the chapter and two because I would have kept thinking that a generalization was really used at the conclusion of an essay. I would probably be using my generalizations at the end of my essays still if I did not see that.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I also found this concept interesting. It was easy to understand and the examples the book provided were very useful. It gave me a better understanding about generalizing. I did not know that generalizing was used for whole arguments either. I was surprised when I found this out. A lot of things from this text surprise me. I think that this is the most shocking to me because just like you, I thought generalization was the conclusion. Now that I found out what it really meant, it makes me look generalizing a different way. This changes the whole idea for me, but it is a good thing because I learned something new and interesting.
ReplyDelete