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How are QRGs formatted?
Most quick reference guides have large headers with more details that directly correlate right below it. Some of the quick reference guides pose questions and then answer them in usually between five to ten sentences. Others write facts and the dive into greater detail on why those facts came to be or are true. Its focus is on keeping the information brief while also answering broad topics. There are also a lot of pictures in quick reference guides.
The author bolds the headers and makes them very clear and bold. The summary is written in a smaller font and is included directly below the header, which is usually either a statement, question, or fact. It is limited to a small paragraph. They also include a lot of visuals and graphics to further showcase their argument.
What write a QRG?
Their purpose seems to give clear, concise information on a topic. Usually they are broad topics and do not go into heavy details, but cover a lot of the topic. The author does not want to overwhelm the reader with facts, but give the reader a broad overview of the idea.
Their purpose seems to give clear, concise information on a topic. Usually they are broad topics and do not go into heavy details, but cover a lot of the topic. The author does not want to overwhelm the reader with facts, but give the reader a broad overview of the idea.
Who reads a QRG?
The intended audience are those interested in the topic, but who do not necessarily want to read a scholarly article on the topic. They are people who want convenient and easy to read articles. It also appeals to people who benefit from visuals. All of these quick reference guides have a variety of graphic to explain their piece, which ranged from diagrams to pictures to screenshots of tweets.
The intended audience are those interested in the topic, but who do not necessarily want to read a scholarly article on the topic. They are people who want convenient and easy to read articles. It also appeals to people who benefit from visuals. All of these quick reference guides have a variety of graphic to explain their piece, which ranged from diagrams to pictures to screenshots of tweets.
Why use pictures?
They use images to further convey their point. Sometimes people do not want to read long articles or they are confused by them, and need to graphics to further explain or show them real world examples. Pictures add visual ascetics to the paper, which is really important when someone is intending an article to be read by peers with small attention spans or who do not solely understand the content. I think they use pictures to convey their point as simplistically as possible. You only need a small explanatory sentence at most under pictures, so you save a lot of space and words to communicate the same information.
https://docs.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/document/d/1TtHfYCkeMIoE8vLKdMEV9UlztKbC3ucCRZNV0yEk0Pw/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection:
The three blogs I read were very interesting and brought up some points I had not considered. Yazmin Cabrera's blog brought up the points that QRGs were made for the general public because of their simplistic language and that the clear organization made it easy to read. Cora's blog brought up the really good point that the QRGs are written for people who have no prior knowledge on the subject, yet they still manage to cover a lot of the topic. I had not considered this, but I find it very helpful to know when writing my own. I liked Laura Shoemake's opinion that the way QRGs are formatted, with the header, paragraphs, and pictures, help it flow nicely and make it easier to read.
They use images to further convey their point. Sometimes people do not want to read long articles or they are confused by them, and need to graphics to further explain or show them real world examples. Pictures add visual ascetics to the paper, which is really important when someone is intending an article to be read by peers with small attention spans or who do not solely understand the content. I think they use pictures to convey their point as simplistically as possible. You only need a small explanatory sentence at most under pictures, so you save a lot of space and words to communicate the same information.
https://docs.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/document/d/1TtHfYCkeMIoE8vLKdMEV9UlztKbC3ucCRZNV0yEk0Pw/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection:
The three blogs I read were very interesting and brought up some points I had not considered. Yazmin Cabrera's blog brought up the points that QRGs were made for the general public because of their simplistic language and that the clear organization made it easy to read. Cora's blog brought up the really good point that the QRGs are written for people who have no prior knowledge on the subject, yet they still manage to cover a lot of the topic. I had not considered this, but I find it very helpful to know when writing my own. I liked Laura Shoemake's opinion that the way QRGs are formatted, with the header, paragraphs, and pictures, help it flow nicely and make it easier to read.
I loved this post because it was almost like a mini QRG about a QRG! In every question you asked, you responded with an answer and reasoning with was awesome! I also like that you described a QRG as something that covers almost everything in a broad topic but doesn't go super in depth and too far into detail. Great post!
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