One thing I decided to revise after reading Lisa Ede’s text was to paraphrase a quote/area I read from the website The Week, in regards to a point I was planning on bringing up. Ede suggested that when you want to use an idea/ fact stated in a article, paraphrasing let’s the essay flow a bit easier. I also added in a summary for an exhibit source instead of paraphrasing because I wanted to introduce the main idea of the article, not a specific section or idea. I also decided to use the idea of synthesizing information from Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz by revising how I used the Chesterton source and making it so that it more aligns and supports my claim, even though I used it as a counterargument source. Originally, that source had a bit of a disconnect and unimportance to it because it didn’t stay quite focused to my research question.
Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz define Academic Integrity as a way to prove that you are knowledgeable about an academic area and able to represent that properly. This includes being able to use and cite sources the right way, when you are sharing an idea that wasn’t originally yours. Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz also see proper citation as an ethical issue because it’s about being respectful towards ones work and giving credit to them. The importance is in realizing that they deserve credit for an idea that they had that you are now using to support your own, its a moral thing. As important as proper citation is in an academic sense, you don’t let that drive your reasoning for doing so.
