Explanatory Synthesis Essay
Project #3: Explanatory Synthesis Paper
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REVIEW Chapter 4 WRAC
(See Notes on Explanatory Summary below)
For the academic explanatory synthesis paper you will read a minimum of three sources on the topic you choose. You can choose from three topics:
➢ Fairy Tales: A Closer Look at Cinderella: (Select three articles in textbook) See Syllabus/Calendar
➢ E-Mail Etiquette: (Select three articles from Pearson online site) http://wps.ablongman.com/long_behrens_saw_2/0,9461,1522794-,00.html Writing Exercise: 1
➢ The Morning After Pill: (Select three articles from Pearson online site) http://wps.ablongman.com/long_behrens_saw_2/0,9461,1522794-,00.html Writing Exercise: 3
SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT:
Write a well-organized, well-developed explanatory synthesis essay of AT LEAST (3) three pages in which you use three or more sources to convey information about your topic; it does not provide for the writer's opinion on the topic.
Beginning your essay and focusing your purpose and thesis:
Your textbook authors note that “in the explanatory synthesis, writers divide a subject into its component parts and present them to the reader in a clear and orderly fashion. You will present the facts objectively, without judgment, to help your readers better understand the topic. Your purpose is to use your sources to inform your readers.
The difference between a purpose and a thesis is a difference primarily of focus. The purpose provides direction to your research and focus to you paper. Your thesis sharpens this focus by narrowing it and formulating it in the words of a single declarative statement. In developing a thesis for your explanatory synthesis, base your thesis on an idea that is clearly supported in all of your sources.
In the explanatory thesis, you are not looking for controversy; rather, you are looking for
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REVIEW Chapter 4 WRAC
(See Notes on Explanatory Summary below)
For the academic explanatory synthesis paper you will read a minimum of three sources on the topic you choose. You can choose from three topics:
➢ Fairy Tales: A Closer Look at Cinderella: (Select three articles in textbook) See Syllabus/Calendar
➢ E-Mail Etiquette: (Select three articles from Pearson online site) http://wps.ablongman.com/long_behrens_saw_2/0,9461,1522794-,00.html Writing Exercise: 1
➢ The Morning After Pill: (Select three articles from Pearson online site) http://wps.ablongman.com/long_behrens_saw_2/0,9461,1522794-,00.html Writing Exercise: 3
SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT:
Write a well-organized, well-developed explanatory synthesis essay of AT LEAST (3) three pages in which you use three or more sources to convey information about your topic; it does not provide for the writer's opinion on the topic.
Beginning your essay and focusing your purpose and thesis:
Your textbook authors note that “in the explanatory synthesis, writers divide a subject into its component parts and present them to the reader in a clear and orderly fashion. You will present the facts objectively, without judgment, to help your readers better understand the topic. Your purpose is to use your sources to inform your readers.
The difference between a purpose and a thesis is a difference primarily of focus. The purpose provides direction to your research and focus to you paper. Your thesis sharpens this focus by narrowing it and formulating it in the words of a single declarative statement. In developing a thesis for your explanatory synthesis, base your thesis on an idea that is clearly supported in all of your sources.
In the explanatory thesis, you are not looking for controversy; rather, you are looking for