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What's an Argument Synthesis?
As you recall, a synthesis is a written discussion that draws on two or more sources and demonstrates the connections among those sources. More specifically, an argument synthesis is built on the ideas that you select from your sources; fits the purpose, occasion, subject, and audience of your essay; relates to an argumentative thesis that you develop; contains well-chosen textual support (quotes, summaries, and paraphrases); and includes a Works Cited page.
Your synthesis will be evaluated on how well you develop, state, and maintain an argumentative thesis synthesizing the works of other writers, how clearly you establish your main points of synthesis that support your thesis, how accurately you summarize the original texts (as needed), how you integrate your source material into the essay, how you organize, develop, and present your essay, and, most importantly, how well you maintain the focus on the ideas presented in the sources.
The Assignment
This assignment emerges out of the research that you conducted in support of your Argument Prospectus and thus will use the materials that you found through that research. The Prospectus was your attempt to demonstrate a plan for making an argument; this assignment is now your opportunity to follow through on that plan and make that essay.
For this essay, you must integrate and use at least seven of the articles you identified in your Prospectus, though there is no upper limit to the number that you use. Of course, these sources must be credible, legitimate, high-quality sources for college writing, such as journal articles.
As with any synthesis, the argument synthesis is driven by connections between sources, but this time with a clearly argumentative purpose and thesis.
Key Points to Remember
In your introduction, you should first identify the issue, explain why it is a problem or controversial issue and what some of the arguments involved with the issue are, and culminate with your argumentative thesis. Then, in the remainder of the essay, you must build an argument in support of a position on the issue that is clearly stated in a thesis statement in the introduction of the essay.
Of course, your thesis must be arguable--if everyone would agree with you, you are not arguing. Remember that your thesis should be the direct answer to the “What should happen” question. To further help make your essay arguable, make sure to include all possible counterarguments.
You should use quotations and paraphrases from your sources to show the various positions, illuminate the layers of your ideas, and to defend your thesis. Remember, you must choose your quotes, summaries and paraphrases wisely, INTERPRET them to your audience (i.e., what the source information means), and relate this interpretation to your argument.
Generally, you should avoid using long quotations--remember, choose wisely. Important longer passages should be summarized or paraphrased to keep your ideas as the focus of the essay. Be careful to properly credit and cite all IDEAS, WORDS, and FACTS that come from outside sources. Accidental plagiarism is a problem that students have with this assignment. For more information of handling sources responsibly, refer to the chapters in our textbook.
From your work on the previous assignments in this course, you should have noted the following elements of an essay that must be apparent in your essay:
o Introduction/Statement of the purpose of the essay
o A clear and arguable thesis that controls the essay
o Clearly identifiable main points of discussion(reasons)
o Supporting evidence of your argument to illustrate your points
o Clear,developed,andbalanceddiscussionofthereferencestoyourvarioussourcesincluding
your interpretations and relating your info back to your thesis/argument
o Counterargumentsandconcessionsalongwithyourrebuttals, compromises,or
acknowledgements of acceptance o Logical organization
o Effective transitions
o Conclusion/Recommendation(s) o Correct citations
A Note on Audience: While you should consider your audience to be an academic one, please remember that it may not be familiar either with your argument or your sources. Therefore, you should be as clear and concise as possible while you make ALL the necessary connections among ideas for your audience.
