Environment
Synthesis Essay
Due
Friday, March 6th
Prompt
#1: What is America’s responsibility to the environment?
Prompt
#2: How should we live?
Prompt
#3: What is an environmental issue America needs to address? Why (and how)
should it address that issue?
After
you choose a prompt, make it your own. Each prompt is broad, so there is plenty
of wiggle room. If you are uncertain of how you should proceed or whether your
idea “fits” a prompt, come speak to me.
Support
your claim with direct quotations from multiple texts (a minimum of six
sources, three of which must be from your own independent research), properly
formatted in MLA style.
Depending on which prompt you choose, you may need to define some key terms. For example, America, responsibility, and environment. (We’ve read a variety of models of authors using a variety of techniques to define complex terms without relying on dictionary definitions.)
Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. Times New Roman. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Four - seven pages. Don’t forget a title.
Required:
Depending on which prompt you choose, you may need to define some key terms. For example, America, responsibility, and environment. (We’ve read a variety of models of authors using a variety of techniques to define complex terms without relying on dictionary definitions.)
Typed. Double Spaced. Twelve point. Times New Roman. No blank lines between paragraphs, except to indicate a major shift in tone or setting. Four - seven pages. Don’t forget a title.
Required:
Three
rhetorical strategies, underlined and labeled (handwritten labels are
acceptable, as are footnotes).
A
minimum of six sources
A
minimum of three sources from your independent research
A
minimum of two synthesis paragraphs
A
minimum of four body paragraphs
Properly
formatted Works Cited Page.
Suggested:
Consider the tone you want to set from the outset. Narrative openings emphasize
pathos. Openings filled with stats and facts emphasize logos. What is the most
effective tone for you to employ?
Who is your audience?
What is your purpose?
How to approach this paper:
• Define your key terms.
• Develop an opinion on this subject.
• Gather evidence (from our texts and from research) to support your opinion. This is an argument; therefore, personal experience is valid evidence and first person is an acceptable POV.
• Consider counter arguments.
• Create clear, defensible topic sentences which express the main idea of each paragraph.
• Draft paragraphs with two pieces of evidence to support each topic sentence.
• Draft paragraphs with an eye towards ethos, pathos, and logos.
• Proofread to ensure your quotations are properly formatted and cited. For this essay, “You will need to include the author’s name in your parenthetical citation” (Schafer 1).
• Create your Works Cited page.
Who is your audience?
What is your purpose?
How to approach this paper:
• Define your key terms.
• Develop an opinion on this subject.
• Gather evidence (from our texts and from research) to support your opinion. This is an argument; therefore, personal experience is valid evidence and first person is an acceptable POV.
• Consider counter arguments.
• Create clear, defensible topic sentences which express the main idea of each paragraph.
• Draft paragraphs with two pieces of evidence to support each topic sentence.
• Draft paragraphs with an eye towards ethos, pathos, and logos.
• Proofread to ensure your quotations are properly formatted and cited. For this essay, “You will need to include the author’s name in your parenthetical citation” (Schafer 1).
• Create your Works Cited page.
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