Research Synthesis Essay

Overview

Practicing research synthesis is the first step in being able to create longer, more complicated research arguments. You begin by learning to find voices in a conversation and learning to put those voices together to create something new.

In this assignment you will practice: navigating databases to find sources; closely reading and annotating those sources; and synthesizing the key ideas from those sources into your own writing to create something new.

Instructions

1. The CCCOnline Library provides access to scholarly research databases. You can also access these databases from a link provided on your D2L home page.
2. Once you are on the research databases page, scroll down to find the Global Issues in Context database. Select this database. Then select “Database login.” Log in with your S#.
3. In the search box, enter “American Dream.” Then click the Global Viewpoints tab. Limit your search by clicking any of the limiters on the right side of the page. Choose two of the remaining articles to read for this essay.
4. Pre-Write: Closely read and annotate your two chosen articles, noting similarities and differences in language and key ideas. Consider how these voices are connected to one another and to the larger conversation. How do they respond to one another? (Do they agree? Disagree?) How do they respond to previous voices in this conversation?
5. Write: Synthesize the ideas from your two sources into an extended definition of the American Dream. What does the American Dream mean today? What is its significance in terms of immigration, multiculturalism, economics, education, etc.? Blend the key ideas from your sources to create a new and interesting definition of this idea.
6. Your essay should contain 2-3 quotations from your sources, and it should include paraphrasing of other main ideas. Be sure to use quotation marks and in-text citations appropriately and responsibly.
7. Your essay should be approximately 700 words.
8. Please be sure to correctly format your essay in MLA Style.

This is a discussion. (Plagiarism and Academic Integrity). Read the following link and read the channel 13 article related to plagiarism, What is Plagiarism? Expert analyze Melania Trump’s RNC speech”

http;//abc.com/politics/what-is-plagiarism-experts-talk-melania-trump-speech/1433812/#videoplayer.

Hi

Here are a few pages of my school lecture note.

It’s all about whether the prepositional group and noun can be replaced with a pronoun.

Although the second page says both can be replaced, I don’t understand the difference between the third and fourth pages.

In the example on page fourth, does replacing constituent with pronouns make the meaning different?

Does the meaning of the second page include page fourth?

Thanks.

TEDx Talk

I need a Written Preparation Outline and Audience analysis, Reference Page if you use outside sources (not required)

Choose A topic Purpose: delivering an “idea worth spreading.” The idea must be original 

Requirements:

1. Formal Preparation Outline I WILL BE USING TO DO A 7MIN SPEECH  

2. Correctly articulated General Purpose, Specific Purpose and Central Idea statements

3. Introduction – Get the audience’s attention, connect to the topic & audience

4. Body – Correctly articulated main points, specific language and examples, & clear structure

5. Conclusion – Summarize the main points & provide closure

6. Personal anecdotes or examples that MOVE the speech from one point to the next

Speech must include an audience analysis. MY AUDIENCE IS MY COLLEGE SPEECH CLASS KEEP IN MIND WHEN CHOOSEING TOPIC

a. Why should this audience be interested in this topic?

b. How much does the audience already know about this topic?

c. Why should this audience listen to me?

d. What attitudes towards this topic does my audience hold?

Caption: In this May 30, 1975, file photo black students attending South Boston High School climb into buses backed up close to the school’s doors that will take them home after classes. In front stands one of the police officers who have been needed to keep the peace at Boston schools since September when the city started a court-ordered school integration program requiring the busing of 18 percent of public school students. (AP Photo/J. Walter Green)Respond to the following in complete sentences: Identify which of the following examples uses figurative language to describe the image. What makes the example you identified figurative language? Which device is used?

1. The school buses lined up like tanks on the battlefield, strategically parked to protect people.
2. The bright and shiny yellow school buses were parked strategically to bring the students home.