Thursday, February 10, 2011

Lay Of the Land

Reading Lay Of the Land by Nicole Williams was very interesting and detailed. The writer made great use of details in this research essay that I could not believe she extracted so much information from just one visit. The details created a visual map and made me feel as if I was actually at the bowling alley alongside her. The choice of title served its purpose in capturing my attention and maintained my interest in uncovering what the body of the essay contained. As much as I enjoyed the descriptiveness, as well as the writers thoroughness I felt there were some areas where the writers essay could have done without. Particularly speaking, I was a bit confused as to how the following sentences fit into her research of the bowling alley and it various customers."I picked up some real estate magazines, a flyer for a computer repair specialist, and I even got a magnet from a local furniture store. It really baffles me that a small furniture store has money to hand out magnets, rather than just regular paper business cards". It makes me wonder if I should look for things that may be overlooked at my research site and if so, how should I incorporate it into my essay? Overall, this was a great example in showing writers how to integrate their research findings to make the essay an interesting read instead of a list of findings.

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