{"id":33939,"date":"2023-09-17T22:33:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T22:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/to-synthesize-the-viewpoints-of-other-writers-while-presenting-your-own-evaluation-of-the-authors-texts\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T22:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T22:33:21","slug":"to-synthesize-the-viewpoints-of-other-writers-while-presenting-your-own-evaluation-of-the-authors-texts","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/to-synthesize-the-viewpoints-of-other-writers-while-presenting-your-own-evaluation-of-the-authors-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"To synthesize the viewpoints of other writers while presenting your own evaluation of the authors&#8217; texts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In this essay, you are going to synthesize the viewpoints of the following authors and their corresponding texts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Required) Sherry Turkle,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/online.macomb.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/58470\/files\/18431721\" data-canvas-previewable=\"false\">&#8220;Stop Googling. Let&#8217;s Talk.&#8221;<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download &#8220;Stop Googling. Let&#8217;s Talk.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Required) Jenny Odell,<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/online.macomb.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/58470\/files\/18431720\" data-canvas-previewable=\"false\">&#8220;Finding Time in the Age of Tiktok&#8221;<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Download &#8220;Finding Time in the Age of Tiktok&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Optional) Melissa Hogenboom,<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;The Traits that Make Human Beings Unique&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The thesis of your essay should identify one major point of comparison between Turkle&#8217;s and Odell&#8217;s main arguments and assert which of the two texts is more persuasive and why.<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The essay should have a traditional essay structure, including an introduction, a thesis, well-developed body paragraphs, and a conclusion, as well as a Works Cited page.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As explained by the sources in the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Page\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/online.macomb.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/58470\/pages\/week-4-materials-please-review-all-materials\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Week 4 Materials<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, writing a synthesis requires you to discuss a specific topic by incorporating ideas from multiple texts in order to show how those texts and their authors are in conversation with one another. In a traditional research paper, you might discuss different texts in separate paragraphs without showing how the ideas from each text relate.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In a synthesis essay, however, it is critical that you discuss the texts in relationship to each other, even within each body paragraph.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>You will compare\/contrast the authors&#8217; main ideas, show your readers how the author&#8217;s are contributing to the same topic\/conversation, and explain which author&#8217;s reasoning is more persuasive to you and why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In order to write an effective synthesis, you will need to become VERY familiar with each author&#8217;s main ideas. Determine where the authors overlap in their arguments and where they diverge.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Organization in a synthesis essay is critical, so decide which specific topic you want to discuss in each body paragraph, and then identify how each author addresses that topic.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>You should use specific quotes (but not long ones!) to showcase each author&#8217;s ideas, but you must also add your own analysis and commentary to make it clear which argument you find more persuasive and why.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You are required to synthesize Turkle&#8217;s and Odell&#8217;s texts, but feel free to add Hogenboom&#8217;s text to your synthesis if you&#8217;d like to add more dimension to the conversation.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Since you are writing about multiple authors&#8217; texts, you<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MUST<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>be sure to use the author&#8217;s names in any sentence that describes their ideas. You must also include a Works Cited with a proper citation for the article. HINT: Citations for articles can be found in both the Week 1 and Week 2 Materials pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Assignment Goals<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introduce the overarching topic with your own insights or ideas.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Present your thesis \u2013 State a point of comparison (a specific, similar idea expressed) between Turkle and Odell and make a claim about which of their arguments is more effective and why.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Body paragraphs should examine separate topics related to technology and human life\/human nature.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Each body paragraph should incorporate the the viewpoints of Turkle and Odell (Hogenboom is optional)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain how each author addresses the topic you are discussing in each paragraph<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Show how authors&#8217; viewpoints are similar and different or how they relate to each other<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include specific quotes from each author, analyze their meaning, and present reasons why you think one author is more effective or persuasive than the other.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclude the essay in a manner you think fitting for the assignment. Be sure to reaffirm your thesis and consider the goals for the essay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include a Works Cited page. Correct citations are available in the Week 1 and Week 3 materials links.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Strive to meet all the goals described above<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submission in .doc, .docx, or .pdf formats<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Minimum 1,200 words<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">(Not including the Works Cited page!)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Correct MLA formatting<\/span><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MLA heading in upper left corner<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include original title<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Double-spaced lines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Times New Roman,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">12 pt font<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1&#8243; margins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Left justified text (Title in center)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MLA Works Cited citation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\">THIS PAPER IS TURNED IN TO &#8220;TURNITIN&#8221; IT CANNOT BE PLAGIARIZED<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assignment Description In this essay, you are going to synthesize the viewpoints of the following authors and their corresponding texts: (Required) Sherry Turkle,&nbsp;&#8220;Stop Googling. Let&#8217;s Talk.&#8221;Download &#8220;Stop Googling. Let&#8217;s Talk.&#8221; (Required) Jenny Odell,&nbsp;&#8220;Finding Time in the Age of Tiktok&#8221;Download &#8220;Finding Time in the Age of Tiktok&#8221; (Optional) Melissa Hogenboom,&nbsp;&#8220;The Traits that Make Human Beings Unique&#8221;Links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[645],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/33939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=33939"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=33939"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=33939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}