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Synthesis and Contemporary Controversies

Synthesis and Contemporary Controversies. AP English Language and Composition. Synthesis Essays. Read Analyze Generalize Converse Finesse Argue. Read. Take the 15 minutes to read the prompt, read each source, annotate, and analyze each source. . Analyze.

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Synthesis and Contemporary Controversies

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  1. Synthesis and Contemporary Controversies AP English Language and Composition

  2. Synthesis Essays Read Analyze Generalize Converse Finesse Argue

  3. Read Take the 15 minutes to read the prompt, read each source, annotate, and analyze each source.

  4. Analyze For each source, annotate looking for: What claim is the source making about the issue? What data or evidence does the source offer in support of that claim? What are the assumptions or beliefs (explicit or unspoken) that warrant using this evidence or data to support the claim?

  5. Generalize The writer should ask: What are two or three (or more) possible solutions on this issue that I could take? Which of those positions do I really want to take? Why? Be open-minded and nuanced! Your opinion must use the sources to support and develop it, BUT it does not have to directly agree with one of the sources.

  6. Converse The writer needs to imagine presenting each of his or her best positions to each author of the provided sources. Create an imaginary conversation between himself or herself and the author/creator of the source. Would the author/creator agree with the writer's position? Why? Disagree? Why? Would he/she want to qualify it in some way? Why and how?

  7. Finesse On the basis of this imagined conversation, the student needs to finesse and to refine the point that he or she would like to make about the issue so that it can serve as a central proposition, a thesis -- as complicated and robust as the topic demands -- for his or her composition. This proposition or thesis should probably appear relatively quickly in the composition, after a sentence or two that contextualizes the topic or issue for the reader.

  8. Argue The writer must develop the case for the position by incorporating within his or her own thinking the conversations he or she has had with the authors/creators of the primary sources. The writer should feel free to say things like, "Source A takes a position similar to mine," or "Source C would oppose my position, but here's why I still maintain its validity," or "Source E offers a slightly different perspective, one that I would alter a bit."

  9. Practice Please create your own THESIS answering the synthesis prompt on television. Then, outline how you would structure your essay. Consider *What would your topic sentences be? *What evidence would you use to support your claim?

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