Rhetorical Situation Analysis

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Will, based on your above post I think you have a good grasp on citing, finding good resources, and plagiarizing. By re-reading the book I also found the rhetorical situation chapter very helpful. When writing I ask myself specific questions based on the rhetorical situations to help me stay on topic within my area of research and writing. I also try to find resources that correlate with my rhetorical situations, so that I am finding information that correctly relates to my topic. As you also stated, I try to use sources from sites ending in “.gov” or “.edu” so that I know the sources are reliable. Another good point you made was to write all the sources you use so that you can easily revisit them or cite them. I instead like to add sources

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