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Summary: peer review is kind of like editing as far as correcting your written piece. But peer review is just another over look at your paper before you finish it up to make sure there are no imperfections in it and that you didn't miss something silly as far as a period or capital letter. How and why is this resource useful? This site is useful in the sense that it gives you a great description of peer review and also along with giving you a description it goes into the pros and cons of peer review for the students and the teacher. How and why is this resource credible? This site is credible once again in that it is another educational site. Citation: 2009 University of Guelph Library

I enjoyed the way this article was laid out. It takes the potential reviewer through a series of questions that can be used to properly review an article that has been written.It also poses various senarios in which the reviewer can be biased and do an inaccurate reveiw of the material. It uses the senario of being blind so that a fair review can be completed. I believe that this is a credible site due to it being from an educational institution and it has the "edu" in the url.

The reason that I chose this webpage is because the way the information was presented. It gives a clear cut process as well as various pointers as to how to properly draft a paper. I find that i am a person who learns by examples, and this listing cites multiple examples. The author of this particular article is unknown but it has been generated from a reputable learning center. I found it on Nov. 9 by surfing the web.

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Summary: Modality is best descried as basically what is the outcome from one thing that you do. How and why is this resource useful? when reading this website I wasn't sure if it was exactly the right one to use at first but furthering my reading I found out that it is really useful in that it not only describes to you what modality is but it gives you some example on how to identify modality and what to think of do identify it. How and why is this source credible? This site is credible because it is another .edu site and it gives you everything you need to know. Citations: Colin Rose (1987) from Accelerated Learning.

Author Summary This website is about the Rhetorical situation. It provides a description of Author. According to the website, the author is directly affected by all the other elements of the rhetorical situation. An author is someone or some people, responsible for a certain presentation of communication. That person is unbiased and has a reason or purpose for the text. Other topics discussed in the website are purpose, context, topic and audience. How/why useful This website is very useful because it provides detailed examples for each of the elements that make up the Rhetorical Situation. It is very easy to navigate the website because it provides links that direct you to a description of the selected topic. Other links on this website lead you to tips or questions about the topic, analysis and definition. The examples provided also vary. You can choose from a work related example, school related, and home related. How/why credible (Any other time I would not use a website like this because it has no visible title or author.) This website is credible because my teacher was the creator. Also because it is a .edu website. Other things that contribute to the credibility of the website are, the simplicity of switching from topic to topic, the various different examples given, and it has no flashing pictures of bears. Citation Shelly Rodriguo. (n.d.). No title. In http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~rrodrigo/lessons/rhet.sit/rhetorical_situation.swf. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~rrodrigo/lessons/rhet.sit/rhetorical_situation.swf.

Context Summary This website is about providing context in writing. It states that not a lot of writers realize or understand that context in reality is not just meant to quickly grab the attention of the reader, or as the author of the article describes it, "a lead-in to the meat of the text." It means answering all the questions the reader may have. Context informs the reader whether the text is in their best interest to read. Some of the questions the reader may have are, "is this something that fits my aptitude?" and "What was the exigency for this piece?". According to the article, good context is achieved after you have completed a first draft. How/why useful I found this website and article to be very useful because it provided a definition in the form of a question. I found it easier to understand by putting myself in the position of the reader because the questions that are mentioned are the typical questions a reader would ask. Another thing that I found useful about this website is that at the bottom of the page it provides completed citations for you to use. These include MLA style, APA style and Chicago style. How/why credible This website is credible because the purpose of this website is to provide articles that can be revised and rated depending on the level of usefulness. It is in essay format and does not provide links about examples of context. The website does allow you to become a member and become a contributor. It also provides links to other related articles and has a search function. Citation Sumerset, J. (2009, October 15).In How to Provide Context When Writing. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://ezinearticles.com/?How-¬to-¬Provide-¬Context-¬When-¬Writing&id=3096277

Audience Summary This website talks about Audience in writing. When writing a paper it is important to remember who your targeted reader is because that is your audience. There are important things to keep in mind about your audience, like whether or not they have knowledge about what you are writing. Another thing is the choice of vocabulary. According to this website writers should express themselves with clear and simple language. The use of fancy wording or over thought sentences usually does not impress the targeted audience, with the exception of educated scholars an such, and sometimes it has the opposite effect. How/why useful This website is useful because the explanations are clear and understandable. This article is short but it does answer most of the questions that might arise about what the audience is. This websites targeted audience is most likely students and less experienced writers. The examples that are given are easy to relate to and understand. How/why credible This website is credible because the definitions that are given are backed up by understandable examples. It is in an essay format but still has paragraphs that separate key points about the description of audience. It gives two different forms of examples that broaden the audience of the article, an example of impressing a teacher or peer and a example of impressing an employer. One thing that decreased the credibility of the website is the advertising that cuts between the actual essay. Citation Tricia Ellis-Christensen. (copyright © 2003 - 2009). Wisegeek. In In Writing, What is an' Audience?. Retrieved November 8, 2009, from http://www.wisegeek.com/in-writing-what-is-an-audience.htm.

Drafting Strategies Summary This website is about drafting strategies. I chose this website because it is short and just feels like it covers most of my questions. It is quick and straight forward. It has positive strategies as well as bad strategies. This is helpful because sometimes you don't know when you are doing these things. How/why helpful This website is helpful because it points out the simple, but important things. It is a quick reference for people that are watching how much time they have. (most people who are in a rush at the last minute!) How/why credible It is credible because it is a .edu website. I believe it is also a website for a college. Again, it is short and gets to the point. Citation Marie Boyko, Senior Instructor. (n.d.). Drafting: Best Strategies. In Drafting Strategies. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/iphy1950/draft1950.html.

Revising Strategies Summary This website is targeted at teachers. This website can help teachers with ways on teaching some revising strategies. Revising strategies can aid a student when criticizing and improving another peers work. Some of these strategies can help form a checklist from which the reviser can check off. Overall the website is meant to give tips and guides on teaching these strategies to the students. How/why helpful This website is very helpful because it provides questions as headlines, which just makes it easy to find what you are looking for. It also gives a description of everything covered and most importantly it provides links to forms you can print. It has a list of the topics on top which are links, this helps when you are only looking for one thing. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. This website is meant for teachers, because it specifies it and it gives tips on teaching. It also lets you create a profile so that you can access more information. Citation server contact: cwis-adm@ku.edu . (copyright 1999-2005). special connections. In Revising Strategies. Retrieved November 5, 2009, from http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=instruction&section=main&subsection=writing/revise.

Peer Editing\nSummary\nThis website talks about how to effectively edit a persons essay or work. It talks about how important it is peer edit, because it teaches a person to criticize, which helps when correcting your own paper. It also describes how Peer editing is when a peer rvises a draft of the essay and looks for things that might be out of place. Some examples are punctuation, spelling, and complete sentences. It also provides a checklist that you can use to effectively edit a paper.\nHow/why useful\nThis is a useful website because it takes the time to explain what peer editing is. It also helps as a reference for those who know what it is. It is also helpful because it provides a list of things to look for so that you can correctly peer edit a paper.\nHow/why credible\nI believe this website is credible because it also provides help for many other things such as admission essays, term papers, research papers and book reports. The website fully describes what peer editing means. \n

Prewriting Strategies Summary- This website has all the elements necessary to understand the prewriting process. It provides many useful links that define the all the steps that make up the prewriting process. The strategies that are provided in the website are unconscious strategies, conscious strategies, and strategies for productive reading and research. How/why useful- This website is very useful because everything is organized. It provides links for all the steps mentioned which then describe in much detail the topic that was selected. It doesn't just have a list of links; it gives a brief description of the topic to give you an idea about what the link will be talking about. How/why credible- This website is credible because it is a website for York University. It has many useful links and provides lots of graphic aids. It also provides a side bar that covers all of the information related to the prewriting process. Citation- York University. (March 10, 2009). http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/. In Pre-Writing Strategies. Retrieved November 1, 2009, from http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/prewriting/.

Listening and reading strategies Summary- Listening strategies-This website has a lot of information about listening strategies. It defines listening strategies as techniques or activities that help a reader understand what they are hearing. It also talks about Top-down strategies and Bottom-up strategies. It also mentions that metacognitive strategies help plan, monitor, and evaluate what is listened. Summary-Reading strategies- This website provides five strategies to improve the reading experience. These strategies can help read more effectively and gain confidence in reading. The strategies described are previewing, predicting, skimming, guessing from context and paraphrasing. This website also provides tips on how instructors can help teach when and how to use these important strategies. This website overall is full of tips to better listening and writing skills. How/why useful- This is a useful website because it fully explains the strategies used in listening and writing. It uses letters in bold to point out an important topic and italicizes important terms. It is fairly to quote from the information provided and best of all it provides a citation in APA style which you can easily copy and paste. How/why credible- This seems to be a professional website. It was made with the college or university teacher in mind. It provides many links to other teaching topics and provides a link bar to facilitate maneuvering throughout the website. Citation- National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC). (n.d.). The essentials of language teaching. Retrieved April 23, 2007 from http://nclrc.org/essentials.

Listening and reading strategies Summary- Listening strategies-This website has a lot of information about listening strategies. It defines listening strategies as techniques or activities that help a reader understand what they are hearing. It also talks about Top-down strategies and Bottom-up strategies. It also mentions that metacognitive strategies help plan, monitor, and evaluate what is listened. Summary-Reading strategies- This website provides five strategies to improve the reading experience. These strategies can help read more effectively and gain confidence in reading. The strategies described are previewing, predicting, skimming, guessing from context and paraphrasing. This website also provides tips on how instructors can help teach when and how to use these important strategies. This website overall is full of tips to better listening and writing skills. How/why useful- This is a useful website because it fully explains the strategies used in listening and writing. It uses letters in bold to point out an important topic and italicizes important terms. It is fairly to quote from the information provided and best of all it provides a citation in APA style which you can easily copy and paste. How/why credible- This seems to be a professional website. It was made with the college or university teacher in mind. It provides many links to other teaching topics and provides a link bar to facilitate maneuvering throughout the website. Citation- National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC). (n.d.). The essentials of language teaching. Retrieved April 23, 2007 from http://nclrc.org/essentials.

Editing Strategies Summary This website is about editing strategies. It says that a good way to edit a paper is by taking steps. It seems like a long process but it is also a very good way to do it and definitely seems worthwhile. The steps basically mean that you should start big and work yourself down to every detail. Some of the steps are Think about your targeted audience, Starting with sentences, Consider words, checking grammatical detail, and punctuation and spelling. How/why useful This website is very useful because it clearly states the process of editing. It also provides links that deviate to a specific step and define that step. It is very easy to navigate the website because of the links and it also has a sample paragraph that you can try the steps on so that you get a better understanding of the process. How/why credible This website is credible because it is a .edu website. It also provides clear definitions and has links available. Citation Kate Kiefer, Luann Barnes, Mike Palmquist. (Copyright © 1993-2009 ). Writing guides:' editing. In Editing Strategies. Retrieved November 7, 2009, from' http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/editing/pop2a.cfm.