My Reflection On Credibility In My Writing

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This weeks reading was a little more challenging from the first week. I had a little trouble with ambiguity and being vague in my writing. I have a serious problem with my writing after reading this chapter I can see where I'm making some mistakes, I'm not as clear and to the point as need to be. Chapter 4 was very helpful it was on credibility. Helping you to be able to show or show someones lack of credibility. Credibility is very important when breaking down arguments and writing essays trying to persuade. Chapter 4 also discussed media and media biased and how not all media sources are credible. The book says how talk radio and websites like wikipedia are not credible sources. Academic journals are a good source they contain information

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