Longer Argument Synthesis with Sources
DUE Friday, August 7th 11:59PM
[35% of Course Grade]
1700 words
typed double-spaced pages in MLA format.
Find ten (10) or more articles using the library website and other reliable re
search databases as sources in an Argument Synthesis.
THE PRACTICAL SIDE: Relevant
readings from
WRAC:
Chapter 5, pages 129
–
177
i.
Demonstration Argument Synthesis pages 137
–
169. This includes several articles
about privacy and safety centering on the shootings on April 16, 2007 at Virginia
Tech. Your textbooks includes these articles and
then discussion and outlining,
followed by the actual model paper.
1.
Model Argument Synthesis Essay pages 154
–
161. This model serves for
both the Shorter and Longer Argument Synthesis assignments. The
difference is that in the Shorter, you have fewer source
s which are chosen
from the pre
–
selected research articles in your
WRAC
textbook. In the
Longer, there are more sources, and you find them doing your own online
Library research.
d.
THE THEORETICAL SIDE: Relevant readings from
They Say/ I Say:
Part 3, “Tying
It All
Together,” Chapters 8
–
11, pages 105
–
159.
i.
Sample MLA Format Argument Synthesis Paper, pages 145-159
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