Thlog 6

This week we took a look at what it is that makes a move. I think doing that really helped me identify my own moves and exactly what my intentions are behind them. Now that I am consciously thinking about the moves that I am making in my writing and how they add to the work as a whole I think that I am more effectively using these moves. Such as instead of using “says” to quote a writer using another adjective like writes, proves, or states. This is a move to be more articulate and by consciously thinking about that move instead of just writing away in the future I will be able to come up with a more descriptive word than just “says.”

Another useful tip that Zach gave us this week was how to effectively use hedged language. Hedged language allows you to make generalizations that may not completely support your argument, but cover you if what you are saying is only speculation. Like writing “Conner is happy when he plays video games” as opposed to “Conner seems to be happy when he plays video games.” This is going to be especially useful in WP 2 because we will be analyzing an article that could be from a social science which tend to theorize about what people think, and when stating what people think it is important to use hedges because you could always be wrong.