The Norton Field Guide to Writing is a book I will hold on to for my entire college career. From the beginning of my Rhetoric and Composition course, I acknowledged that one of my weaknesses in writing is in my research and comprehension of information. To elaborate, I don’t always quite understand the message behind some articles, newsletters, and sometimes even simple infographics. With that said, in the past, due to immaturity and just a lack of confidence to understand messages, I would draw my own vague conclusions about the meaning behind certain texts. While to an extent this method is acceptable, it isn’t functional for research papers-which I will be writing a lot of as I further my college studies. The Norton Field Guide has effectively simplified the how-to-read-a-text method to extract concrete information and see the writing techniques used to relay information in the author’s preference. Along with being able to conduct thorough analysis on my references with the Field Guide, this book also serves greatly to guide me through my writing process. Not only does the Guide tell me how and where to use my information to be at its best persuasive advantage, but it also helps me stay grounded to the “bigger picture” of my essay. This was another weakness of mine that I observed this semester: I would get lost in the details. The Norton Field Guide truly serves its purpose stated through its name, it an especially notable form of writing guidance.
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