1. Synthesis Essay

2. Synthesis To synthesize is to converse Syn (together) + thesis (put) Con (together) + verse (turn) Thesis + Antithesis  Synthesis

3. Conversing with Texts The texts (sources) are friends. How would you talk with your friends? The texts can speak with each other. –They can support or contradict each other. –They can address implications in other texts. –They can elaborate on other texts.

4. “At least three…” Take the directions literally. Select the sources that will enhance the argument. Three sources will be discussed in deeper detail than six sources will be discussed. Six sources will cover broader ground. There will be more opportunity for texts to be related to other texts. Training: Students will apply three sources to a question. Later, they will apply six sources to the same question. How do students feel about the difference?

5. The University of Discourse James Moffett writes about the universe of discourse. If students understand the departmentalization of universities, they can understand the compartmentalization of ideas. They can research colleges! Apply the university of discourse to analysis of sources in the synthesis essay. Students will be discussing matters more abstractly.

6. The University of Discourse—2 Economics Political Science Sciences History Psychology Sociology Philosophy (Ethics) Statistics Law Medicine Engineering Education Design (Architecture) International Studies Business (Finance)

7. Incorporating Information Quotation Summary Paraphrase

8. Conventions of Crediting Footnotes –Documentation –Elaboration Endnotes Bibliographic form Format yields information.

9. Integration Integration is making a whole, making one. Disparate parts need to be integrated into one whole argument. The one whole argument is an abstraction of the several separate concrete sources.