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

Framing statement: Integrating sources has been very useful while writing my essays and is very different in college compared to what I was taught throughout high school. I was always taught to focus on summarizing and most of my essay was summary. We also briefly talked about paraphrasing or partial quotes, but we were told to focus on full quotes. This is very different from college, where less summarizing is better and will help focus on the thesis. It is also better to use paraphrasing and partial quotes for longer quotes to shorten them and use more of my own words to make the paragraph flow together. Another difference from high school is I was always told to never use first person. Most of my essays would be comparing two articles, but never putting our own opinions. In college, this is very different. I have learned that my own opinions strengthen the essay instead of making my point not as strong. A final way integrating sources in college helped me improve my writing is by having many directions I can go in using different paragraph styles. I can use a Triac paragraph if I am using one quote, Barclay when I use two quotes, or I can use a naysayer where I can push back against a source or perspective. The Barclay paragraph structure has been most useful for me because it forces me to use a lot of details and I can use 2 sources at once while still using my own ideas.

Work sample 1:

Analysis: In my first essay, I did not bounce back and forth between the sources. I explained one source at a time. In this paragraph, almost the whole paragraph is a summary of one source. I gave a lot of context, a quote, very briefly explained the quote, then directly went back into summary.

Work sample 2:

Analysis: In this paragraph from my third essay, I used the Barclay paragraph structure. It is clear that there is a lot less summary compared to my first essay and a lot more explanation. The quote by Ross Gay was really long, so I paraphrased it instead of directly quoting it. It made the essay have better flow by explaining it in my own words. Although I did not use any of my personal experiences in this specific paragraph, I still used my thoughts and what I believe about it while connecting the two sources with each other and used a hypothetical example in the last two sentences.