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Using Evidence from Sources in an Academic Paper Paper #2

For Paper #2, you have two sources: The ChatGPT-generated essay I have provided, and Everything Inside: Stories by Edwidge Danticat. There are three basic ways to integrate evidence such as facts, details, examples, etc. from these two sources in your paper:

1. Quoting a. Reproduces exactly the language from the source. b. Three or more words in a row used exactly as they are

found in either the ChatGPT-generated essay or Danticat’s stories must be put in quotation marks.

i. Use this sparingly. ii. One or two short quotations per paragraph is a good idea. iii. Don’t use long quotations in a paper of this length.

1. (Long quotations run four or more lines across the page in MLA format.) iv. Quoted material can never serve as your claim.

c. Quotations must be followed by an in-text citation.

2. Paraphrasing a. Restates the passage in your own words but retains the meaning of the original passage. b. A paraphrase may be longer than the original, and it’s used for short passages (one or two

sentences). c. You likely will use this frequently to incorporate examples and specific details. d. Paraphrases must be followed by an in-text citation.

3. Summarizing

a. Restates the main ideas of a longer passage (such as a couple of pages or a complete story) in your own words.

b. Summaries are always shorter than the original. c. Summaries must be followed by an in-text citation.

Reminders:

• A good paragraph includes a little of all three—quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.

• All three are methods to share evidence from the novel.

• All three must be followed by an in-text citation (MLA format). o End punctuation follows the parenthesis; quotation marks stay next to the quoted words. o If you use the author’s last name in the lead-in, Danticat, then you only need the page

numbers like this: (34) or (34-36). o If you do not use the author’s last name in the lead-in, then you need her last name and the

page numbers like this: (Danticat 34) or (Danticat 34-36). For the ChatGPT article, the in- text citation will look like this: (“Exploring Displacement”).

Quotation Examples: When a group of college students and others learn about the earthquake in Haiti, they gather: “‘This is now the epicenter of the earthquake,’ Roro said. ‘And we are going to fill it with our love’” (Danticat 96).

The second claim of the essay states, “Emotional displacement takes center stage in "Hot-Air Balloons," where Danticat explores the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that leaves emotional scars on its Survivors” (“Exploring Displacement”). Paraphrase Examples: Roro gathers the students into a circle, designating it the earthquake’s center and encouraging them to pour their love into it (Danticat 96). In paragraph two, the essay notes the vast differences between the United States’ landscape, culture, and language for a character named Marie (“Exploring Displacement”). Summary Example: The protagonist Anika joins a circle of college students in sending love to those suffering in the Haiti earthquake; however, the act feels superficial to her, even as a student pours a bottle of Haitian rum on the floor in the center of the circle (Danticat 96-97). The in-text citations and Works Cited page work together to give credit to your sources:

• The in-text citation refers readers to what comes first for the source as it is listed on the Works Cited page, which is typically the author’s name. It also refers readers to the exact page(s) where the quotation, paraphrased, or summarized material can be found in the source.

• Do not only quote excerpts from your source in your paper. Use paraphrase and summary too.

• You must use information from both sources listed on the Works Cited page in the paper and follow that information with a proper in-text citation.