{"id":27,"date":"2019-02-18T19:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/?p=27"},"modified":"2019-02-18T19:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:01:48","slug":"they-communicate-i-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/2019\/02\/18\/they-communicate-i-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"They Communicate, I Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Chapter 9 of <em>They Say, I Say<\/em>, the authors discuss how a writer should mix in both a formal and informal voice into their writing. \u00a0One of their main points in favor of using relaxed language is that it helps connect with the reader: \u201c Such informal language also helps you connect with readers in a personal as well as an intellectual way\u201d (122). <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I agree with statement for the most part. &nbsp;In addition to it, I think that it is important to evaluate what kind of writing assignment you are doing. &nbsp;If it is a research paper, I think that the writing should almost exclusively use a formal tone.  However, if the writing is a story or narrative, I think that informal language should be emphasized. &nbsp;I think that if a writer follows the same generic plan for everything, most of their writing would feel a bit off tone wise.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/n-kGNktmLLz2x4uR5prCFPgvj1xVQcKzQOWMMDuZFzRkcMwAU4OwICtFMxQBeuB6Kn1Svuld8mxu550-MXbqGGN5du9mw_ufeXCIG1OgYyAAMU8JwhDmin9SrW47cXkHvP-9I9a6\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, I would find it interesting to see if scientific studies became more popular if the authors switched to a more informal writing style. &nbsp;This switch would allow for a wider audience as more people would be able to understand what the scientists are trying to communicate.  In addition, a more casual tone will allow non experts a chance to follow breakthroughs from sciences and technology from primary sources rather than a news company. &nbsp;This would allow for people to be more informed as they would have better access to new information.  One downside I see to academic papers becoming more informal is that there can be new articles that spread misinformation and can hide behind casual writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chapter 9 of They Say, I Say, the authors discuss how a writer should mix in both a formal and informal voice into their writing. \u00a0One of their main points in favor of using relaxed language is that it helps connect with the reader: \u201c Such informal language also helps you connect with readers &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/2019\/02\/18\/they-communicate-i-chat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;They Communicate, I Chat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"gutentor_comment":4,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"wmertke2022","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/author\/wmertke2022\/"},"qubely_comment":4,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"In Chapter 9 of They Say, I Say, the authors discuss how a writer should mix in both a formal and informal voice into their writing. \u00a0One of their main points in favor of using relaxed language is that it helps connect with the reader: \u201c Such informal language also helps you connect with readers&hellip;","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/wmertke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}