QRG's tend to have professional conventions. In the case of sentence structure, the sentences are well written, they use good punctuation, and tend to be of different varieties as any piece of writing should be. QRG's seem to have many headings. The headings make it very easy to understand and access all of the information in the article without too much hassle of looking around and finding everything.
With all of the headings and the use of bold and italic writing, the conventions make the article seem very organized and easy to read. If someone was looking for a particular piece of information inside one of the articles, it would not be too difficult to find.
The purpose of the QRG's is to provide a significant amount of information in a very organized manner so that readers and researchers are able to find the information that they need in a very timely manner. The QRG's have information regarding all sorts of topics, from scientific studies with factual statistics and more, to interviews with different figures in the world today about media and entertainment.
The QRG's are intended for different specific audiences; however, they all appeal to people doing research and reading quickly through the information that they are looking for. For example, a researcher looking into stem cells could use the stem cell QRG to find valuable information quickly, whereas a researching looking into Chris Christie and his life would easily be able to find information based from the QRG with him involved in an interview.
QRG's are a good way to get a lot of information in a short amount of time without having to scrummage through useless information that does not pertain to what you are looking for.
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The three blogs that I commented on are shown below:
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I got a couple pieces of information that I didn't really mention earlier. I thought it was interesting to think that QRG's can be for people who aren't really familiar with the topic and want to learn more. I was originally thinking that they were more for people who already knew about the topic, but wanted a quick and easy way to get concrete information in a timely manner. I also found it interesting to reflect more on the QRG's and look to see how they are more about factual information rather than someone taking a stance on an argument. There is not much of a chosen side for any of the QRG's. the are primarily for giving out information.
Our answers are pretty similar in content...you did provide more detail and examples.
ReplyDeleteI like how you grouped all of the QRGs together and talked about the general information given by all of them, sort of like a break down on what each QRG should include.
ReplyDeleteYour comments go along with my comments, however I discussed the specific QRG's from class. I like how you mention that QRG's have different audiences but that they all appeal to researchers and quick readers.
ReplyDeleteYour comment on how QRG's can express information in a timely matter interested me. Even though they are called quick reference guides in never occurred to me that people were looking for things to read through quickly without confusion.I also with agree with your point on how the bold heading make things easy to find and to navigate through the QRG.
ReplyDeleteNice work Jake!
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