Outcome 2(Integrating Ideas)– Be able to integrate their ideas with others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis and synthesis of relevant sources.
Throughout grade school, source integration was an integral part of my writing. I have been familiar with using full, embedded and paraphrased quotes. As previously mentioned in my Learning Outcome 1, the “They Say” of my writing was deeply emphasized in high school through a lack of ability to incorporate more of what “I Say”, such as by not being able to use “I”.
Partial/Embedded quotes always have and still continued through this class to be my favored source integration style. It helped me in high school incorporate more of what “I Say” in the form of a “They Say”. Throughout this class I have learned to incorporate more full and paraphrase quotes.
In my work samples I will show a paragraph from my first essay and third essay and the growth in variety of source integrations used.
My work sample from paragraph 1 shows my comfortability in embedded quotes in adding more of my thoughts and beliefs in relation to the source I am integrating. Although the layout of my integration is constant throughout the paragraph, my ideas flow with Konnikova’s.
My work sample paragraph from essay 3 shows partial quotes as well as paraphrased quotes. Mixing in a variety of source integration allows for a balance of expressing my thoughts separately and together with my sources. It also adds more variation to the layout of my writing which may be more intriguing for the reader to consume.
In the future I will still most likely favor embedded quotes, but knowing how to use paraphrased and full quotes definitely doesn’t hurt.
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