Using sources is an important part of any academic essay; however it’s not just about simply including them, it’s crucial to be able to effectively integrate sources and quotations into your paper. In English 110, sources needed to be cited in each of the three projects. I have learned how to efficiently select, integrate, and analyze these quotations. For example, in project two (Technological Innocence: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Harm), I chose to write about Kevin Kelley and Sam Anderson’s works, contrasted with my own ideas about the positive benefits that the internet delivers. My second paragraph is about the undeniable connection that humanity has with their phones and technology. In the second body paragraph, I state that “Kevin Kelley begins Technophilia with a definition of the title: “But we are likewise embedded with technophilia, the love of technology. Our transformation from smart, hominid into Sapiens was midwife by our tools, and at our human core we harbor an innate affinity for made things. We are embarrassed to admit it, but we love technology. At least sometimes” (1). Even though we may hesitate to confess, technology has become a crucial part of us. Kelley claims that this is something of a guilty pleasure, that despite the fact we’re all connected, society has shunned each other for talking about it.” I start by properly opening the paragraph with “Neither Kelley nor Anderson deny that society nowadays has grown attached to their phones.” This is concise and allows for a clear opening for what I’m going to talk about. The quote I chose relates to the opening and the analysis that follows takes apart the way I interpreted the quote. I believe that this efficiently shows how I’ve properly learned this skill.
