Blog #14

The book I read, In Cold Blood helped my write my research because I learned the process of collecting data. The book helped my sprout ideas for my novel. Words, phrases, and paragraphs help spark ideas to start to develop a paper. A research paper presents the results of your investigations on a selected topic.

My thoughts and the facts and ideas I had gathered from a variety of sources, but the book, In Cold Blood, was the best example. The experience of gathering, interpreting, and documenting information, developing and organizing ideas and conclusions, and communicating them clearly will prove to be an important and satisfying part of your education.

When Truman Capote wrote his novel he used the same techniques. There are many approaches he took to research and many ways to document findings. The library has books helped him, and most English composition textbooks contain chapters on research techniques and style, also news clippings. It was important for him to follow consistently and accurate information.

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