For me finding ways to incorporate the sources into my essay was the most challenging part of the paper. For me there was often uncertainty in which quotes to use to best support the ongoing narrative in my essay. With that being said I greatly improved at this over the semester. This is evident when you look back at the quotes and sources in my first project in comparison to my second one. In my first project I put my sources kind of on the back burner. The quotes I decided to choose were at best a sentence in length, making it hard to really dive deep into them with any conviction and complexity. However for the second project this completely changed. I chose two sources that carefully connected to my claim, and found quotes that really were impactful and that I felt resonated with the reader. For example in my first body paragraph I wanted to highlight how phones hurt some of younger adolescents. I then backed this up with a quote from Jonthan Haidt which talked about the negative impacts on phone addiction for teenage girls. The language in the quote was vivid as he used language like depression, anxiety and self harm that are pretty impactful statements. Another thing I learned and picked up on during the semester was how to use quotes from different sources in the same body paragraph, to improve the connective narrative in your essay between your sources. Again, I felt this process really improved as it pertains to my second major writing compared to my first one. For my first project I kind of I took a rhetorical analytical approach when using each quote making it hard to make a connection between the quotes. With that being the major part for using the Barclays formula in the first place, it’s quite easy to see why I was so unsuccessful. However, I really improved on this in my second writing project. This is highlighted again in my first body. The first quote in the paragraph, from Turkle, highlights how phones cause addiction. I then bring up Haidt’s quote to explain how harmful this addiction is, through the negative consequences of it which are explored in the quote. Overall, I’ve learned so much as it pertains to integrating sources, and evidence from them to improve the quality of the essay. Again, something I’m going to highlight a lot in this final is gratitude. I feel so grateful that I know how to better incorporate sources when writing essays, it’s something I’ll truly never forget.