(Bottom row, left to right): Map for Source M (Frank), Map for Source C (Banksy)
Bottom row (left to right): Map for Locavore essay (oops), Map for Source A (Waterson)
Bottom row (left to right): Map for Source K (New York Times), Map for Source G (Atwan)
Top row (left to right): 2nd Map for source K (Snyder), 3rd Map for Source F (Shah)
Two people were assigned Source I (Standage) but neither map made it into the pictures.
If Madison and/or Julia send me a picture of your map of the Standage essay on bottled water, I'll post it here.
Our answers to the question, "based on your studies of synthesis essay writing, what would you expect to see in an exemplary synthesis essay?"
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a narrative or setting introduction that uses descriptive, suggestive language to lead into the bold, clear, specific, insightful thesis indicating issues and implications associated with consumerism and commodification.
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each body paragraph include clearly stated, insightful ideas that connect with the overall main idea (thesis, claim, argument, position).
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quotations, facts, details, and examples from multiple sources cited correctly (not plagiarized) and explained in a way that shows how they support the thesis and supporting ideas (argument, position, claim). The explanation of logical, insightful ideas supported by sources is the heart of this paper.
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convincing development of the author's own ideas supported by at least five sources rather than summaries of what the sources say.
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acknowledgement of counterarguments with rebuttal and/or concession.
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logical, meaningful transitions between the parts of the essay that are sequenced in a logical order.
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a conclusion that drives home the points made in the essay by suggesting why the ideas in the essay matter (answering the question "So what?").
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clear, specific, descriptive, suggestive, formal diction.
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varied, skillful, accurate, and engaging use of sentence structures.
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very few errors in language conventions (spelling, grammar, usage) since this is a take home essay in a college-level class.