- What parts of the book’s advice on the above bulleted topics are helpful for writing in this genre?
Personally, I found most of the information given by the book to be very helpful. To start, the book says that the thesis statement must interesting, specific and concise. These are all to attract the readers attention.
The books says that each paragraph should be written in the PIE method. The PIE in PIE method stands for Point, Illustration and Explanation. This method would allow for a quick and concise method of a getting method across to the reader. Illustrating a point for the reader would allow the reader to be able to see, in their mind, what you, the writer, is describing. In the case of QRGs, this is perfect for the reader to skim over the piece and still get all the major detail.
2. What parts of the book’s advice on these topics might not be so helpful, considering the genre you’re writing in?
I personally feel that all the listed bullets and discussed topics are al important to the development of a QRG. All each have their own inner responsibility for making the QRG clear and to the point.
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After looking at Hallye and Isaac's, I found that our posts were very similar. We all seemed to have the same opinion on formatting. We all especially liked the PIE method. Hallye and I both found the thesis statement and PIE method to be very helpful and to be very useful in the context of writing a Quick Reference Guide.
Wow, our posts were really similar! We both had the same arguments and agreed with the same parts of the book that were helpful. I also liked the PIE paragraphs and the information on the thesis statement. We agree pretty heavily :)
ReplyDeleteI agree that most of it is very helpful but the format isn't the same. You don't need a thesis statement and conclusion in a QRG. Yes these ideas can be helpful in introducing and wrapping up the QRG but it just isn't exactly the same. I do agree that overall the book and these ideas are very helpful in making a QRG and should be used as references.
ReplyDeleteWe have different thoughts on some aspects but you have good reasoning. It is definitely more helpful than not, the formatting just has to be tweaked to fit the format of a QRG. What was most useful, as you said, is knowing how to make it clear and to the point.
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