Additional Guidelines for BA7: Source Integration

Your assignment will need to include:

• Original source passages- one to two sentence passages where you have incorporated a direct citation into your argument.
• Evaluation of original passages- how well have you integrated the source into your passage? Do the sources currently help strengthen your argument? What role do they play? Do they help define a concept? Present a counterargument? Have you used too many sources? Do you rely on a few sources excessively? 
• Strategies for Revision- How might you integrate the source material in a way that will be more effective for your readers? What signal phrases can you use to better specify the information you are citing (remember there is a table with signal phrases in chapter 15 of your e-handbook)? Is the quoted portion longer than necessary?
• Revised source passages
• Evaluation of revisions- How do these changes enhance the quality of your source integration?

Make sure that each section is clearly labeled.

Simple surface level changes, such as changing around a few words or signal phrases, alone will not be sufficient in this assignment. You have the ability to try different strategies and receive feedback before your next draft is due. Chapter 15 from the e-handbook has important information about ways to integrate source material, and will help you think critically about and voice the choices you make in regards to your revisions. Make sure you not only direct your reader to the changes you have made, but specifically relate why those changes will make your argument more effective. This will require you to make connections to your argument as a whole.