D#6, HW#1

In chapter 4 it goes into discussion about facts and supporting evidence. Most of this I already knew. I understand that hard evidence is going to be much more believable than reasoning. I also knew what forms of supporting evidence you can get and how accurate or believable they would be, such as experiments and interviews. There were some forms of supporting evidence I’ve seen before but didn’t know that it was supporting evidence, for example precedent. Chapter 16 seemed to be common knowledge. The types of evidence that they gave you were ones you learn about when you’re in high school. What I didn’t know though was that online sources and library sources were second hand evidence and research. I didn’t know there was primary and secondary evidence. Chapter 19 was helpful in narrowing down what resources I would like to use. I didn’t know that some resources wouldn’t be credible to use in an essay. I thought almost everything you read or found about a subject could be used. After reading the chapter I’ve realized that not everything written on a subject is good information.