In this essay, students will use newly acquired college-level, library-based research skills to find three text-based sources on their topic and write an informational synthesis that describes the arg

In this essay, students will use newly acquired college-level, library-based research skills to find three text-based sources on their topic and write an informational synthesis that describes the arguments made in the three sources and how they are in conversation with each other. 

Assignment Objectives: You will complete this assignment by writing an essay that explains in detail the argument presented in four articles on similar topics and explain how the four different arguments are related to each other. Your essay should 1) explain what the essays seem to be saying together about the topic, 2) explain the kinds of evidence presented in the essays, how the authors use them, and important connections among evidence in all three essays, and 3) summarize, paraphrase, and quote from the three essays adequately to complete the task

1. Associated Student Learning Outcomes
   • Compose argumentative or persuasive essays that demonstrate interpretation, analysis and synthesis
   • Apply the writing process through invention, drafting, revision, and editing
   • Design writing to meet its rhetorical situation, particularly with regard to diction, tone, and audience
   • Document sources in MLA Style
   • Edit essay to conform to standard written English
   • Proper WC page