In my English 101 class last semester, I wrote an
essay about stress in college students. To have evidence of my claim and make
points, I used quotes from academic and nonacademic sources. One of the sources
I used in the essay was, “One out of four students report experiencing daily
stress” (Schuder). For this quote to be clear to the audience, I had to introduce
it by explaining to the audience by giving them an example of how stressful
college is for me. And to conclude the quote I explained how stressed out
college students are and what causes their stress. I think I did a good job of
explaining the quote, and showing that the statistic is actually true.
In the same essay I used a long quote from a source. I
didn’t summarize it because I felt like it was really important information for
the essay. To introduce this long quote, I gave background information on the
quote so the audience will have an understanding of it. I concluded it by
simply paraphrasing what the author stated. I could have improved the conclusion
of the quote by explaining how it was important and saying how useful it is for
college students to know.
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