Maintaining YOUR Voice in an Essay

When you think about the percentage distribution of the writer’s voice compared to source usage in an academic essay, at the college level, you need to keep in mind that the content must be at least 80% YOU and only 20% or less of outside sources.  This means that you really need to be careful and purposeful in what source content you use and WHERE you put it in the paper. 

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