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Writing3SynthesisArgument.docxWriting Assignment #3: Synthesis Argument
1. You must write a brief synthesis argument about the role of college education in America today as discussed in the prompt at #4 below. The finished final draft must be a minimum of four full pages in length. This means that your essay must end on page five or later (the Works Cited page does not count).
2. At a minimum, your argument must demonstrate the following characteristics:
A. Be an argument and contain a thesis that responds to the prompt in #4 below
B. Your thesis must assert an arguable relationship between different ideas
C. Contain sufficient evidence to support your claim
D. Must not be an imitation of another argument nor an uncritical response to another argument
E. Your argument must demonstrate the interaction, a synthesis, of the ideas presented in disparate sources
3. Other requirements:
A. Your essay must contain a minimum of four secondary sources, three of which must be from academic sources (this may include academic journals, books, and sources identified through the library’s website).
B. It must be properly formatted and documented in MLA form, including correct in-text citations and a Works Cited page
D. This is a formal argument and may not be written from first person perspective
E. You must use proper, Standard American English grammar throughout your essay
4. Prompt:
In Seneca’s letter “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” he fully rejects the notion that the purpose of education is to prepare a student for a vocation, a job, a means of making a living. He argues that the only study worth pursuing is the attainment of wisdom.
In the essay “Who are You and What are You Doing Here?” the author suggests that college represents the only opportunity for young people to “find themselves” and, therefore, argues that students should pursue subjects that interest them regardless of the possibility of ever making a living in those fields.
However, the summary of government job data detailed in “Why Did Seventeen Million People Go to College” that students--and all of us through taxes--have wasted trillions of dollars obtaining “pointless” degrees to eventually work in occupations where degrees are not needed.
As noted in the Week 10 Discussion Board, nearly all students offered a “free” grade in a general education course without having to attend classes or do the work opt to take the grade and skip the course.
So, what exactly is a college education now, what exactly should it be, and where do we go from here? More specifically, in America today what exactly should the role of a college education be?
Writing Assignment #3
:
Synthesis Argument
1. You
must write a brief
synthesis
argument
about the role of college education in
America today as discussed
in
the prompt at
#4 below.
The finished final draft must
be a minimum of f
our
full pages in length. This means that yo
ur essay
must
end on
page five
or later (the Works Cited page does not count).
2. At a minimum, your argument must demonstrate the following characteristics:
A. Be an argument and contain a t
hesis that
responds t
o the prompt in #4
below
B.
Your thesis must assert an arguable relationship between different ideas
C.
C
ontain sufficient evidence to
support your claim
D. Must not be an imitation of another argument nor an uncritical response
to another argument
E. Your argument must demonstrate the interaction
, a synthesis,
of the
ideas
presented in disparate sources
3. Other requirements:
A. Your e
ssay must contain a minimum of four
secondary sources
, three of
which must be from
academic sources (this may i
nclude academic journals, books,
and sources identified through the library’s website)
.
B. It must be properly formatted and documented in MLA form, including
correct in
-
text
citations and a Works Cited page
D.
This is a formal argument and may not be written from first person
perspective
E.
You must use
proper, S
tandard American English
grammar throughout
your essay
4.
Prompt:
In Seneca’s letter “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” he fully rejects the notion that
the purpose of education is to prepare a student for a vocation, a job, a means of
making a living. He argues that the
only study worth pursuing is the attainment of
wisdom.
In the essay “Who are You and What are You Doing Here?” the author
suggests
that
college represents the only opportunity for young people to “find themselves” and,
Writing Assignment #3: Synthesis Argument
1. You must write a brief synthesis argument about the role of college education in
America today as discussed in the prompt at #4 below. The finished final draft must
be a minimum of four full pages in length. This means that your essay must end on
page five or later (the Works Cited page does not count).
2. At a minimum, your argument must demonstrate the following characteristics:
A. Be an argument and contain a thesis that responds to the prompt in #4
below
B. Your thesis must assert an arguable relationship between different ideas
C. Contain sufficient evidence to support your claim
D. Must not be an imitation of another argument nor an uncritical response
to another argument
E. Your argument must demonstrate the interaction, a synthesis, of the ideas
presented in disparate sources
3. Other requirements:
A. Your essay must contain a minimum of four secondary sources, three of
which must be from academic sources (this may include academic journals, books,
and sources identified through the library’s website).
B. It must be properly formatted and documented in MLA form, including
correct in-text citations and a Works Cited page
D. This is a formal argument and may not be written from first person
perspective
E. You must use proper, Standard American English grammar throughout
your essay
4. Prompt:
In Seneca’s letter “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” he fully rejects the notion that
the purpose of education is to prepare a student for a vocation, a job, a means of
making a living. He argues that the only study worth pursuing is the attainment of
wisdom.
In the essay “Who are You and What are You Doing Here?” the author suggests that
college represents the only opportunity for young people to “find themselves” and,
