1. What is a synthesis?
A synthesis is a written discussion incorporating support from several sources of differing views. This type of assignment requires that you examine a variety of sources and identify their relationship to your thesis.
2. Synthesis is used in:
Analysis papers to examine related theories.
For example a comparison between the theories of evolution or who shot JFK.
Research papers to incorporate multiple sources.
For example looking at economic and social effects of proposed legislation.
Argument papers to compare differing views and support a coherent claim.
For example, is Turn it in a violation of student’s rights? One side may argue that the company steals students’ papers while others claim that students agree to have their work archived.
Business reports to examine differing ideas and blend into a coherent plan.
For example, what are some of the plans to improve Toledo’s waterfront to attract more visitors and increase business opportunities?
3. Tips for an effective synthesis essay:
Establish your purpose to shape the way you want to argue and form your thesis. The thesis is the main claim or idea of your essay.
Select your sources and become familiar with them so that you can discuss them in relationship to your thesis and supporting argument(s). If you simply quote sources without evaluating them then the sources will control your paper and your audience will may misinterpret the information.
Develop an organizational plan. Arrange more than just one source per point; multiple sources will increase your credibility. Look at how sources may agree or disagree with one another and evaluate which source has better logic or more credibility.
Evaluate or interpret each source, then show the relationship between the sources and your thesis.
Document each source; note the author and page number as well as listing the source on the Works Cited page to avoid plagiarism.
After reviewing the sources that I have gathered in my previous weeks’ assignments, I have noticed an underlying factor between them all. Some of the sources take this factor a completely different direction than what I was originally looking for, but they all have similar sections or quotes that attribute to my own personal questions and possible research topic.
One thing that clearly helped as it would in most cases was to read the book. Not only does it provide you with quotations that helt support your thesis, but also gives you an understanding what criticisms would be appropriate to use.
In this assignment, I needed a purpose and a key issue to complete this assignment. The purpose of this assignment was to create a research paper about philosophy and I had to explain how it played a role in Ancient Greece. I had to explain about my assigned philosopher who was Epicurus and I had to discuss how he felt about government and what he teaches the people of Ancient Greece. The key issue is to accurately write an organized essay with multiple sources. I had to get two physical sources and at least one source from the internet. In every quote I had to explain or paraphrase that quote and that shows Clarity. Then when I was finished with the internal citations, I had to develop a works cited page with all the sources I used in my research paper. This shows that I used accuracy and precision because I used sources ...
SOURCES: You will need to incorporate at least four (4) of these sources into your essay. If you use too few sources, your own argument will appear uninformed and superficial. If you use too many sources, your own argument will get lost in the clamor of all those other voices. The trick is to use enough sources to prove that you’ve read about and thought through the issue, which includes using sources to support your position and sources to offer counterarguments to your position. Four sources is a good target number to find that balance
Television has affected every aspect of life in society, radically changing the way individuals live and interact with the world. However, change is not always for the better, especially the influence of television on political campaigns towards presidency. Since the 1960s, presidential elections in the United States were greatly impacted by television, yet the impact has not been positive. Television allowed the public to have more access to information and gained reassurance to which candidate they chose to vote for. However, the media failed to recognize the importance of elections. Candidates became image based rather than issue based using a “celebrity system” to concern the public with subjects regarding debates (Hart and Trice). Due to “hyperfamiliarity” television turned numerous people away from being interested in debates between candidates (Hart and Trice). Although television had the ability to reach a greater number of people than it did before the Nixon/Kennedy debate, it shortened the attention span of the public, which made the overall process of elections unfair, due to the emphasis on image rather than issue.
2. What is the difference between a.. Use transitions to connect these ideas to your thesis. Write an outline of the project. Think through the arguments, both for and against your position.
For my third source I used information from a book rather than a journal or a book review so I could get different information on the topic.
I failed to find any scholarly sources for this assignment. Ms. Schwartz said, “You MUST include some scholarly, academic sources for your research to achieve the desired ethos (ethos represents credibility)”. With the reminder Ms. Schwartz gave me I was able to go back to the UA library database and look for scholarly sources to support my research topic. As I looked ahead to Module 3 and began to work on future assignments I was able to correct this problem. For example, in the Module 3 assignment, The Exploratory Essay, I used a mixture of both popular and scholarly sources. I am now able to locate sources for other assignments from the library and feel confident going forth that I will be able to use this knowledge in other classes I take.
In the writing process of assignment 4, I found that 2 things are really useful. Firstly, when I have no idea about the topic, it is good to look through materials given. Secondly, how to search for sources and give credit to them.
It was about using 3 sources to illuminate a particular aspect of my chosen play and to investigate some of the context of the work and to integrate the sources along with interpretation to address questions that arise in my reading of the work. My chosen play was “The Things They Carried” by Tim O 'Brien. First of of I had to come up with a question and I had to come up with a thesis that will answer the question. Before getting a review from the peer my thesis was this, “So, it can be argued that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross 's love for Martha was either a mistake or beneficial during the Vietnam war.” (Paper 3-Page 1) "Your thesis "So, it can be argued that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross 's love for Martha was either a mistake or beneficial during the Vietnam war" need to revise. You don 't need to mention argued in thesis, just need to prove it.”(Peer Review 3-Islam) I realized my peer was right, I had to write a thesis that will make the reader find out what the thesis is, I do not need to literary mention “this is the thesis”. After I change my thesis something like this, “While Jimmy Cross 's love for Martha brought his respite for the war and ultimately proved to be harmful to him, his men and his ability to be an effective leader.” This thesis seems more like stronger and arguments. Then I had to choose three secondary sources as an evidence. The part I struggled the most was finding the
In a couple of sentences, explain the significance of this source and why it should be included in your research.
Para 1. Introduces my research question and directs them to the points I will develop. Introduce thesis; list 3 supporting points.
subject) and gradually narrows to a specific thesis. The thesis, or thesis statement, tells the reader what you
Using Rhetorical Strategies: Think about the strategies to president ideas, and evidence. This helps organize, connect, and provide clusters on information to convey a purpose or an argument. Multiple strategies can be used.
The study gathers the reliable information and data through the primary sources and secondary sources.