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English 1301

Informative Synthesis Essay

*Essay format and citation style: MLA*

Assignments and Prewritings

• Informative Synthesis Essay Assignment
• Prewriting 1: Topic, Subtopic, Sources (Full text version)
• Prewriting 2: ICE-T Baby!  Developing Body Paragraphs (Full Text version)
• Prewriting 3: Developing an Ending and Beginning
• Gradesheet with Links to helpful sources

Read|Watch

• The Pearson Guide to the 2021 MLA Handbook
• Writing down the Basics:
• Formal Writing – Documenting Resources, pp. 59-70
• MLA Authors and Titles, Using Numbers in MLA Citation, MLA In-text Citations, and MLA Works Cited Page Citations, pp. 75-86
• A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing: Chapter 5: “Writing a Summary and Synthesizing”
• A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing:Chapter 11, “Ethical Source Integration: Citation, Quoting, and Paraphrasing”   
• 1301 Syllabus and Policies, “Cheating, plagiarism, and collusion,”
• What is “Academic” Writing?  

• The Pedestrian
• Online Advertising & Tracking
• A History of Panic Over Entertainment Technology   
• The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics

• “How to Write a Synthesis Essay”
• How to Synthesize Written Information from Multiple Sources
• Integrating Non-Traditional Sources in Academic Writing

• "Just Do It" (Audio-mp3 version) and  Questions to Consider: “Just Do It”
• Neuromarketing: How Brands Are Getting Your Brain to Buy More Stuff (Video)

• Beauty Filters Are Changing the Way Young Girls See Themselves
• Understanding Social Media Literacy: A Systematic Review of the Concept and Its Competencies

• Symbols, Values & Norms: Crash Course Sociology #10 (Video)
• The Five Key Questions and Core Concepts of Media Literacy
• Americans’ Social Media Use

• The Perfect Match
• Data Brokers
• Captive: How the Ad Industry Pins Us Down

• Friend or Faux: Are Parasocial Relationships Healthy?

• What AI Teaches Us About Good Writing

Samples

• Parasocial Relationships: Pros and Cons
• Kenough for All of Us

Writing Handouts

• Revision Checklist