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EGL 101—The Synthesis EssayAssignment:You will write a synthesis essay that expresses an argument. Synthesis writing brings together multiple voices and perspectives. You already have these voices assembled: the voices of each of the authors from your RR sources and, most importantly, your own voice. You will need to choose four of the six Reading Response texts that you read plus one resource that you find on your own through the library; in addition, you will use a non-text source of your choosing. The overarching theme to this group of texts is Food, Travel, and Worldviews (read age 321). You will need to narrow your choice of theme (look at your matrix assignment) down within this context. The narrower the theme-the better the analysis.Your audience is me (your professor) and your classmates (your peers). Your purpose is not just to informally introduce the topic; your purpose is now to formally support an argument, usingboth your own ideas and the ideas of the writers whose texts you’ve chosen. All of the factorswill, as we’ve discussed in class, change the final product.Before you begin drafting, you should identify all of the parts of your argument:your claim(which will be your thesis),your reasons (which will be drawn both from your own ideas andfrom the ideas in your text),and your evidence.Don’t forget the rhetorical analysis (ethos,pathos, logos).Once you have all of these puzzle pieces, and have them organized in an outline,you know you are ready to start writing!Finally, remember that you must work to establish your ethos (ethics) in this essay. You can do that ina few ways.First, you can do that by making sure that your ideas are not lost in the paper. This isn’t justabout what author X and author Y have to say about the topic; this is also about what conclusionsyou have come to after thinking deeply about the various perspectives.Also, you can build your ethos by proving to us that you fully understand the sources that youare referring to in your paper. How can you do this? Well, for one, you can rely on paraphrasingand not direct quotation. The more you quote a source, the more you admit that you can’tactually explain the ideas without relying on the original author’s words.Finally, you can show that you are accountable for where the ideas in your essay come from. So,when you do use ideas from a source, whether you are paraphrasing, summarizing, or directlyquoting, make sure to use author tags regularly (Janet Sanchez argues). This will help yourreaders know whose ideas we are reading, and it will help keep you honest.Requirements: APA format; typed, double-spaced6-7 page minimum
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