Argument Synthesis Essay

Due this week: introduction, thesis, outline, and conclusion

Argument Synthesis Essay

Due: 11:50 PM EST Saturday  07/26/2014

The Argument Synthesis will require you to research and choose readings to incorporate into the essay to formulate your argument. After reading through the pieces on Argument Synthesis and Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, choose one of the following topics for your essay. The essay will be two to three pages in length and employ APA format.

Follow these guidelines to write your Argument Synthesis:

 The Argument Synthesis should be two to three pages in length and include at least three scholarly sources. Choose one of the following topics and choose one position on the topic:

o Advertising

o Standardized testing

o Gap year (students taking off one year between high school and college)

o No Child Left Behind Act

o Green energy (solar, wind, water, or another source of your choice)

o Education and rehabilitation in jail

o Technologies impact on children’s social skills

o Unhealthy food banned from high schools

o Obesity

o Holistic medicine

 Include an APA title page

 Include APA in-text citations wherever you reference the text.

 Include a reference page in APA format.

 Be objective and avoid using “I”, “you”, and “we”.

Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.