Erika Lindemann focuses repeatedly on the importance of arrangement in the prewriting and early draft stages. In her own words she would describe arrangement as a "means to an end", directing her attention towards arrangement as a framework through which ideas can be filtered. The Leonard Podis reading seemed to be focused on the relationship between arrangement and argument. Whereas Lindemann approaches arrangement from a conceptual perspective focusing on the structure of the entire paper in prewriting and writing, I fell that Podis more aptly addresses arrangement within each paragraph. Podis discusses the logical arrangement of ideas. His patterns are similar to the pattern which I have used in academic writing: setup, quote/information/research, analysis. He explains the pattern of introducing the context of an argument, describing possible perspectives, comparing them, then drawing conclusions.
I am inclined to use Podis's view of arrangement in my own writing. His emphasis on arrangement as a fluid tool, that can be subtly manipulated and dynamically expressed is more akin to my own writing style. I hope synthesize his examples of logical arrangement of ideas with my own research in order to fine tune my research paper.
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