Integrating Sources

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Many of you need to work on "set-up" or the "framing" of your source material, the stuff you are using to make and support your argument.

I have referred to this practice with several examples, since the beginning of the semester. I hope you have been taking notes and attempting to put my teaching into practice.

Now that we are nearing the conclusion of our time to work on the Rational Argument, I want to share a resource from Harvard University. This helpful guide should show you very clearly many of the practices I'm needing to see at play in your essay.

Please spend time reading this, reading the whole thing, slowly and carefully. It is a very detailed resource, with examples and explanatory bubbles (bubbles!) 

Take note of where you see places in your essay that could benefit from one or more of the kinds of advice at the Harvard document. Then, edit for that passage. 

In most cases, these edits will be about Integrating Sources, use of Signal Phrases (or "Attributive Tags"), Topic Sentences, and Citation. These are very important matters in terms of clear Documentation (honesty, integrity), and Syntax (the "flow" of your essay, readability).

Follow the link at the word "resource" in sentence 1 of paragraph 3 of this post. Or, look for the "Integrating Sources" link under "Resources" at this blog.

You can do it!!