1. Synthesis Essay Feedback
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I have some feedback for y’all...

2. Feedback: Your Topic Sentences Should Answer the Prompt
Every topic sentence should answer your prompt. You are trying to convince the reader that your reason/position is accurate. Give your reason and present the evidence in a compelling way.
In other words, your topic sentence should say why censorship is necessary/damaging.
…because everything’s
an argument!

3. 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.
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Listen to Yoda.

4. Feedback: You Must Use Different Sources Within Each Paragraph
True Confessions of an 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.
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Synthesis is a beautiful thing…

5. Feedback: Books vs. Magazines
The essay relied exclusively on article titles. You should have used quotation marks (“”) to identify article titles.
Reminder: Use italics for books, magazines, websites, and movies.
…And quotation marks

6. 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 says that “older people with less education are more likely to believe in banning certain titles” (Gould).
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7. Feedback: Citations, Part II
For websites, you always cite the author’s last name (e.g., Kallweit).
If no author is named, you cite a shortened name of the article (e.g. “Americans”).
With MLA, you do NOT cite the year that the article was printed. (That’s APA style!)