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In Honors English III, Mrs. Bryce assigned the class a research project. Although we were allowed to work in groups, all of the writing portions were expected to be done individually. We were allowed do to research on any topic that we wanted. Unlike most papers we had written, this paper would be written in APA format. Some of the work would be done in class, such as the Introduction and Literature Review. However, most of it was expected to be done outside of school. Some additional requirements was that we had a minimum of three data collection sources and three findings from them.

Reflection: a. In my research papers, I used headings and subheadings to help keep my ideas organized to easy to read. For example, one of my heading was methodology …show more content…

I also used an assortment of transition words while composing this paper. These words include although, however, and also. An example of times when I used a variety of transition words would be, "However, there are many steps staff members can take to create a safe and effective lockdown." When switching from this topic to the next I then wrote, "He also mentioned that all staff should have access to keys and doors that are not used commonly should be locked." I also used proper syntax, which allowed me to create well-formed sentences. For example, the sentence, "Lastly, we asked East High’s principal, Mr. Todd, some questions concerning the security budget at the school to see if there was any way to solve any of these problems." uses proper syntax. This sentence would have still made perfect sense if I has just said, "concerning the security budget at school," but by adding the word the it made it more well-formed. The use of both transitions and syntax was able to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts. d. During our research paper, Viviana and I held a couple of interviews. In these interviews we would relate the questions we were asking to other topics, making it easier to understand. For example, we often made analogies between the Columbine school shooting and a school shooting that could possibly occur here if school security is not changed. When analyzing the data we also compared the

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