English & Writing Synthesis of Both Artifact Arguments Essay

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For your summary and synthesis essay, you will provide a synthesis of two artifacts from our Unit II reading options, and then a summary of each of the two artifacts that you choose. You have already summarized your two chosen artifacts. Now, you will draft a synthesis for the introduction to your essay, and then integrate your two revised summaries into the essay after the synthesis.

Tips for writing a synthesis

Remember, the purpose of this synthesis is to provide your audience (students like you who will encounter these two artifacts in a text book) with the following:

• The context that these arguments take place in (including the stakeholders in the argument)
• An introduction to each artifact (i.e. rhetor, title, subject matter).
• The purpose for each argument
• An explanation of key difference(s) in between the arguments (or the key counterargument(s))
• An explanation of the key ideas that the arguments share (or the overarching idea)

A synthesis should also:

• Use transitional phrases to signal the relationship between ideas (e,g. however, although, therefore, further, additionally, similarly, contrarily, in contrast, etc.)
• Include attributive tags (in-text citations) when quoting or paraphrasing directly from the source

Advice for the overall full draft

Remember that for this genre (an introduction to these artifacts in a textbook), you should not be analyzing these arguments for their effectiveness, nor should you critique, challenge, or praise the argument. Your purpose is to introduce your readers to the conversation that these arguments take place in, and then provide a summary of each artifact that comprehensively and ethically describes each rhetor’s argument and how they build that argument. If these artifacts were in a textbook, a teacher (your secondary audience) may want their students to rhetorically analyze these pieces themselves—providing analytical critiques or opinions for these students would likely dissuade a teacher from wanting to use your introducion (your summary and synthesis) in their class.

The final essay’s organization should be as follows:

1. Synthesis of both artifacts’ arguments
2. Summary of the first artifact
3. Summary of the second artifact
4. Works Cited Page