Week 2 Weds. Assignment

Similarities between APA and MLA:

Both titles are centered
Author and page numbers are in quotes
When quotations get very long they get indented
Page number in the top right
Both double spaced throughout
Authors referred to by last names

Differences:

APA has a dedicated title page
APA stats the school name
MLA has last name of writer in top write of each page.
MLA has date in heading
MLA has professor in heading

Assignment for Week 2 Monday

What is Major Writing 1?

I would relate this writing to an analytical report tied in with a research report on how the writing processes are utilized in a specific field of study. I think it has a big relation to analytical reports because we are analyzing different academic writing to understand how people write in our chosen field, and I think this relates to research papers I've done because this paper will have us researching the different kinds of writing practices, and how they were used. Analyzing means looking into something with intent and since these are going to be papers that freshmen are going to see I want them to know the truth about writing in a specific field.

Three Questions/Confusions about the assignment:

I am confused on what sorts of questions we should ask someone who is a professional in the field? Other than that I feel confident I know what this assignment wants me to do.

Assignment for Week 1 Day 1

Academic Writing: Writing to fulfill a requirement of a college of university. New information.
Non-Academic Writing: Informal, intended for a lay audience. Without resources or sources.