The first assigned reading, was discussing how imperative it is to have a bibliography and notes during the process of writing an essay. A bibliography is a list of writings with time and place of publication. The point of it is to credit an author for any statement you used from their work and to avoid being accused of plagiarism. I find taking notes to be a very helpful tool in the process of writing an essay. The more notes you take makes the actual essay much easier because all you basically have to add is the transitional words and etc. I find index cards the best thing to use and ironically, the author advises you to use index cards.
The second reading was on how advertising affects people. Companies advertise through many different ways. For example, television, radio, and the internet tend to be the most popular techniques. Advertisement is a huge part of promoting a product, that’s the primary reason you see companies using popular athletes because they hope that they can attract the viewers enough so they won’t turn the channel because that is want many people do when commercials come on, including myself.
