Outcome: Be able to integrate their ideas with those of others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources.

Integrating sources is being able to combine your ideas with an author’s ideas by summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting connecting information from different sources which is important for a writer. which is something I had struggled with the whole semester I would say, because my quote and paraphrase weren’t clear enough. but it got better on my second and third essay where i try to make sure i could connect the sources. Below is an example of how i improved between essay one and essay three.

Body paragraph from essay one with one direct quote (in yellow)

work simple 1. The image below is a screenshot from the essay one draft. it was my first essay in college and I kinda just wrote anything. I did not know about integrating sources other an just adding quotes, looking back now I can see how vague it is, I did not explain anything , it kinda makes sense but without backup, and doesn’t connect well to the main point i don’t even bring up the author in it just all over the places.

Two body paragraphs from my third essay which contain three quotes that are being paraphrased( quote highlighted in yellow)

Work sample 2. These paragraphs are from my third essay. it is so much clearer and easy to understand than my first essay was. it is a Barclay paragraph because it combines ideas from other sources. i think i did a pretty good job connecting the ideas from the two text and my own experience something i was struggleling with my first essay. i think it made my writing more retable , i also explained the main point from all the authors making a clear argument. and i provided a deeper analysis making my paragraphs more engaging.