Before you integrate sources and show readers how they relate to one another, consider how each one might contribute to your own argument. As one student writer became more informed through her research about treatments for childhood obesity, she asked herself these questions:
What do I think about the various treatments for childhood obesity?
Which sources might support my ideas?
Which sources might help extend or illustrate the points I want to make?
Which common counterarguments do I need to address to strengthen my position?
With these questions in mind, the student read and annotated a variety of sources.
Related topics:
Placing sources in conversation
Annotating sources
Sample synthesis