Evidence from Sources in an Academic Paper
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:
found in either the ChatGPT-generated essay or Danticat’s stories must be put in quotation marks.
sentences). c. You likely will use this frequently to incorporate examples and specific details. d. Paraphrases must be followed by an in-text citation.
Reminders:
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: