Considering how sources relate to your argument (MLA)
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Before you integrate sources and show readers how they relate to one another, consider how each one might contribute to your own argument.
As student writer Sophie Harba became more informed about her research topic, she asked herself these questions:
- What have I learned from my sources?
- Which sources might support my ideas or illustrate the points I want to make?
- What common counterarguments do I need to address to strengthen my position?
She annotated a passage from one of her sources—a nonprofit group’s assertion that people’s choices about food are skewed by marketing messages.
STUDENT’S NOTES ON A SOURCE
Sample synthesis (MLA)
Related topics:
Placing sources in conversation
Annotating a written text
Annotating an image or a multimodal text