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 In Boyd's essay, she talks about finding your inner detective and using it to write your paper. A quote by Boyd states, "Since detectives are trained observers who search for clues to aid in the investigation of a crime, they provide written, first-hand accounts of the tangible evidence they find." I translated this as the crime as the essay and the clues are the information needed to base strong and true arguments off of. The first-hand accounts are scholarly articles that help prove your point through people more knowledgeable than you in the subject. Overall it is important to do your homework on the topic you are writing about and finding specialists to back up your thoughts.