Review the SAMPLE Synthesis Organization Chart in Module III. Be sure that your 3-5 sources come from popular periodicals--newspapers and magazines. Check that you have at least 3 different sources

Organizing a Synthesis

(To add columns and/or rows, click anywhere on the chart, and in Layout see Insert Right and/or Insert Below.)


For a synthesis

  • use at least 3 sources.

  • use at least 3 subtopics.

  • use examples from at least 2 of the sources for each subtopic.

Then each horizontal row here becomes one body paragraph.

My Research Question

How can the creation and disposal of medical waste be more sustainable?

Source 1

Source 2

Source 3

Source 4

Subtopic

People/hunger





Subtopic

People/farmers



Subtopic

Planet

Subtopic

Profit