Assignment 2

            In Davis and Shadle’s essay about research writing, I found their perspective to be very interesting. When I was reading through this essay, I very much thought that it sounded as if the author’s were against the “typical” research paper. From what I read, I had gathered that they found research papers to be anything but instructive and somewhat a waste of time. As I continued to read on they often referred research papers as “unoriginal”. The more I read I felt as if they were highly irritated with the form in which people used when they wrote a research paper, and the information they were using in order to get their point across. I very much felt as if Davis and Shadle were arguing the pros/ cons of research papers, as I read through this essay. It feels as if, when you read this essay that they don’t find this type of writing to be sufficient in what it is suppose to be used for. I took the words they had written and according to my own interpretation, Davis and Shadle had very little praise for the typical research paper. However when it came to their own idea of a research paper, in form that they would twist the idea and make a research paper a much more hands on form, they had seen much better results. As I had read through the beginning of this piece I was not so intrigued about the bits and pieces they had to inform me about a research paper, because being a student I often find research papers to be dull and a lot of work and time, with often little results. However Davis and Shadle’s amazing idea of a multi-genre paper perked up my interest, and I couldn’t help but want to know more. I found that their idea of connecting the world of research to visual arts, music, and other hands on items, to be something that I would be able to relate to, and most likely have more fun with the task at hand, and in return get more out of my project, due to the fact that I was having fun while doing it, and be able to present a better piece, because I would be much more connected to it then I would other wise. When it come to this new research model, I think that presenting something almost as a book report, but an extremely knowledgeable one at that, full of citations, quotes, and other informational pieces, would not only help the author to learn and better understand what their point is, and how they are getting it across, but also it would allow the audience to better connect with what the author is trying to say.