Be able to integrate their ideas with those of others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources.
In Paper 2, I think that I used quotes effectively to support my points by showing that other authors also think what I do, and to display scenarios where my thinking holds true. For example, at the start of the second paragraph, I had this quotes sandwich:
It isn’t just immigrants that downplay parts of themselves. Kenji Yoshino in his book Covering insists that, “Everyone covers [and] To cover is to tone down a disfavored identity to fit into the mainstream,” (Yoshino 981). People are constantly covering traits that don’t align with the people around them
When looking at this excerpt, you can see how I integrated the quote by setting up the idea that it isn’t only immigrants who cover. To show this, I then selected a quote that supplied the idea that everybody covers. I then explained the quote, highlighting the segment I selected it for. Early on in the semester, I wasn’t as adept at using cited evidence. I never saw myself as having a huge issue with using quotes in the past per se, but since taking the course I’ve realized that I was never good about using quotes consistently or explaining them well enough. For example, back at the beginning of the year I rarely used quoted evidence in my blog posts. One look at the post Gay’s “Bad Feminist” tells you as much. This is because I always saw quotes as something you needed to do, but not something that was very important. Now though I am always using quoted evidence, and have actually started framing my papers around what evidence is available for me to use.
