Looking at my Significant Writing Project, I have improved dramatically in the ways I have used to incorporate evidence. In my earlier writing, I did not have a specific set system. I was just trying to randomly find quotes that worked. However, once I got to my final essay in the class, I found ways to make the evidence stand out. For example, In one of my earlier essays, I felt like I was throwing in random quotes trying to just meet the requirement of using the sources. I have found a way to incorporate the sources by using the Barclay paragraph formatting and relating the information back to each other. For example, I compare the two articles from Julie Beck and Galen Strawson to give the reader a closer intake of how my argument is related. I tie these two pieces together my stating, “The two writers agree to the degree that there should not be one structure or pattern to define who you are” (Lyytikainen). Overall, this helps compare and contrast two different quotes to one another that can help provide strong evidence as well as giving a more clear understanding of the texts as a whole. I am further hoping that this method of the Barclay paragraph carries with me and helps me be a stronger writer in my future.
