What is the mood of this excerpt? A stitch in time saves nine—or is it ten? I can never remember, and while I’m trying to figure it out, I start to wonder whether taking an even bigger stitch might save twelve. By the time I figure that out, too much time had gone by. A) happy

B) sad

C) silly

D) scary

The first step in synthesizing is to a. compare a particular source you are considering to the other sources you have already selected. b. parrot what other sources have said. c. ignore sources with information that runs counter to your claim. d. insert large chunks of information from one or two sources into your essay.