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Feedback: Strengthen Your Topic Sentences! Don’t start your paragraphs with background info. Instead, make an assertion. You are trying to convince the reader that your reason/position is accurate. Give your reason and marshal (arrange) the evidence in a compelling way. Remember, this is a course on argument—firmly state your position. www.memes.com …because everything’s an argument!

Feedback: Both Examples Must Connect with Your Topic Sentence You’re improving in this respect, but remember that both examples must connect to one another and support the topic sentence. Note: Since these are relatively short essays, it was apparent when both of your examples didn’t connect. memegenerator.net Listen to Yoda.

Feedback: You Must Use Different Sources Within Each Paragraph True Confessions of an AP English Teacher: I’m tired of mentioning this. If you don’t mix sources when writing a body paragraph of a synthesis essay, the best score you’ll receive is a 4. Several of you are still doing this. Watch out. If you had correctly written synthesis paragraphs elsewhere in your essay, I didn’t give you an automatic 4, but watch out. memegenerator.net Synthesis is a beautiful thing…

Feedback: Books vs. Magazines The essay relied exclusively on article titles. You should have used quotation marks (“”) throughout the paper. Reminder: Use italics for books, magazines, websites, and movies. On the AP exam, you want to demonstrate skillfulness with a variety of sources. Remember the difference between italics and quotation marks. www.mememaker.net …And quotation marks

Feedback: Inside/Outside If there’s no MLA citation, all commas and periods go INSIDE quotation marks. Example: She said “I’ll take the children, the pets, and the supplies, and go to the park.” Otherwise, the punctuation goes OUTSIDE the quotation marks. Example: The article cites “four essential rules for achieving the American Dream” (Turak). Meme Generator Memes

Feedback: Citations, Part II For websites, you always cite the author’s last name (e.g., Turak). If no author is named, you cite a shortened name of the article (e.g. “Four Truths”). With MLA, you do NOT cite the year that the article was printed. (That’s APA style!) www.quickmeme.com