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About a month ago, I was carrying out my plan of my research project of my writing class. As an international student, I spend most of time on this course because I need to improve my writing and reading abilities to a great extent. In my coming four years college life, hundreds of papers are waiting for me. I must master the ability to deal with all kinds of papers. Before last month, I never wrote this kind of essay which tell your thesis statement based on your research. You need to have authoritative data and facts to support your idea in order to make your essay more persuasive. During finish that assignment, I’ve learned a lot about how to find proper and authoritative resource and how to do citation works.
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Then, Dr. Silvester told us some requirement of outside resource. I still remember that moment, when she said “For your academic paper, you cannot use Wikipedia and Facebook”. I was collapsed at that moment, why? My world quiet suddenly. I stared at the ground and have no idea what to do next foe my essay. Then Dr. Silvester explain why we can’t use that kind of resource. I still don’t want to admit I use the wrong resource until a word came out “authority”. In that spilt moment, I understood why Wikipedia and Facebook is not qualified because data and information in these websites are not one hundred percent right, in other words, literally you can’t persuade your readers to believe your statement based on the information in Wikipedia. Everyone can modify the information in that site and most of data in Wikipedia is just right but not as precise or authoritative as the news agency like the New York Times or the official website of some organizations or some researches carried by famous and prestigious expert. It lacks convincingness or strength when you try to develop your thesis based on the data from a not trustworthy website. Especially for this research project, your conclusion is totally from your resources, so once your resources are not in strong strength, your statement would seem pale and lack

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