Integration

Integration:

You CANNOT just throw textual evidence into a paragraph without making an effort to integrate it into a sentence.  There are different ways to integrate textual evidence; some ways are better than others.

1. Evidence is paraphrased information from the story/novel:

Introduce your quotes when possible using another word besides "said.”  Follow it with a comma before the quotation begins. 

Poor Example: (no Integration for the Evidence/Quotation)

 (statement) The narrator claims that he has a busy life and he cannot spare time to help someone who was not hardworking.  (evidence) “I work my 9 to 5 trying to provide for me and mine Not to sponsor every slob that survived Vietnam”

Improved Example: (with added Integration in Bold)

(Statement) The narrator claims that he has a busy life and he cannot spare time to help someone who was not hardworking. (Integration) He makes an excuse, noting that the responsibility is not his own (Evidence) “I work my 9 to 5 trying to provide for me and mine, Not to sponsor every slob that survived Vietnam”