Options for using the secondary source:
-background information – historical context, info about the author, etc
-support your thesis — and/or supports a part of your argument, or comes in to support a point in a body paragraph
-counter-argument: Can (but doesn’t have to) enter your thesis statement: In his article “The Odyssey is the Best,” Shawn argues that The Odyssey is the greatest book of all time. While Shawn is right that the odyssey was important in Ancient Greece, in fact The Odyssey is not the best.
Ways it can enter into your paper:
1. Play a major role in your thesis: this should most likely be because it’s a major counter argument.
-at a couple (or a few points) in your essay you return to the article and prove / show how it’s wrong and you’re right (and do this through analysis — requires an explanation of the article and of the text and how you’re right in your analysis)
2. Minor role — background info (that can come any point in your paper) — possibly just info in the introduction
Or as a supportive point at some point in your body paragraphs