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Characteristics of Synthesis

Characteristics of Synthesis. What is synthesis? . Not a summary. It’s the opposite of analysis Synthesis is the combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. Think of yourself as a chef. You all have the same ingredients, but each can cook something different.

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Characteristics of Synthesis

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  1. Characteristics of Synthesis

  2. What is synthesis? • Not a summary. • It’s the opposite of analysis • Synthesisis the combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. • Think of yourself as a chef. You all have the same ingredients, but each can cook something different. DO not attempt while writing your essay

  3. How to synthesize? • Look for similar topics amongst material. • Understand the relationship between the material. • Do they agree/disagree on the topic? • Is one argument stronger than another? • Come up with your own argument about the topic. • Divide your argument into at least 2-3 supporting points ¶1 Intro with Thesis: main argument ¶2 Supporting point 1 ¶3 Supporting point 2

  4. Creating a thesis Topic + opinion/argument + why/how • When people don’t have their physical needs met, their body and soul hungers for spiritual and emotional needs to help maintain their sanity. • In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that justicewill never prevail if prejudice continues to infect people. • In Hurston’s There Eyes Were Watching God,clothing is used to symbolize an individual’s journey from a controlled environment to freedom. • Cisneros uses figures of speech and events to show how freedom and maintaining one’s own power is needed for society and individuals to prosper.

  5. A synthesis essay should be organized so that others can understand the sources and evaluate your comprehension of them and their presentation of specific data, themes, etc. The introduction     1.    Thesis sentence that sums up the focus of your synthesis.     2.    Also introduces the texts to be synthesized; most likely for you, just mention Romeo & Juliet and mention every other source as they appear. The body of a synthesis essayEach paragraph should    1.     Start with a topic sentence   2.     Include information from more than one source    3.     Indicate the names of your sources       Conclusion. Not this time.  Works Cited page

  6. Practice • Review the following two stories • Search for a common topic • Write your own thesis synthesizing the two articles • Provide support/evidence from each story

  7. The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.

  8. The Ant and the Chrysalis An Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food came across a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change. The Chrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the Ant, who then saw for the first time that it was alive. "Poor, pitiable animal!" cried the Ant disdainfully. "What a sad fate is yours! While I can run hither and thither, at my pleasure, and, if I wish, ascend the tallest tree, you lie imprisoned here in your shell, with power only to move a joint or two of your scaly tail." The Chrysalis heard all this, but did not try to make any reply. A few days after, when the Ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained. Wondering what had become of its contents, he felt himself suddenly shaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful Butterfly. "Behold in me," said the Butterfly, "your much-pitied friend! Boast now of your powers to run and climb as long as you can get me to listen." So saying, the Butterfly rose in the air, and, borne along and aloft on the summer breeze, was soon lost to the sight of the Ant forever.

  9. Questions? ?

  10. Purpose of Conclusion • place the paper in a larger context • serve as a call for action • set forth a warning or hypothesis • Restate thesis in simplistic manner • Clincher—refer back to attention getter (tell the ending of the anecdote, put the statement, statistic in context)

  11. If essay deals with contemporary problem, warn of consequences of not attending to the problem. Recommend a specific course of action. Use quotation or expert opinion to lend authority to the conclusion you have reached. Give a startling statistic, fact, or visual image to drive home the ultimate point of your paper. Illustrate your concluding point with a relevant narrative drawn from your own life experiences. Return to an anecdote, example, or quotation that you introduced in your introduction, but add further insight that derives from the body of your essay.

  12. Sources • Thanks to Aesop’s fables:http://aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?sel&TheWolfinSheepsClothing2 Outline Adapted from Drew On-line Resources for Writers

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