Synthesis: Advertising (15 min)
AP feedback on this question: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap07_eng_lang_q_a.pdf
My feedback en masse:
- Qualify, don't equivocate! Your point of view needs insight and most of all, conviction! Be brave and take a stand.
- Don't take absolute positions--concede thoughtfully.
- Don't let the sources take over--use them and connect them to your prior knowledge so you are in a kind of conversation with them. Be an "agent of your own mind and world views."
- Watch your use of transitions, so that you logically move from counterargument to rebuttal, concession to rebuttal, etc.
- Synthesize! Pull the sources together that belong together--you don't have to isolate one source per paragraph. Embed that information into your own argument/sentences.
- Don't be afraid to question a source for credibility and logic!
Here is the link to the sample set of papers: http://goo.gl/gVPcLs
Here is the link to the Odell chart I would like you to use for the Twain Socratic Seminar on Monday: http://goo.gl/QpUuFf The top claim should be your POV with the most compelling evidence in support of it and the bottom is the opposition with the most compelling and also potentially flawed evidence.
After reviewing your synthesis essay and the samples, make a copy of this google doc and reflect: http://goo.gl/rktUkU
Here is the link to the Odell chart I would like you to use for the Twain Socratic Seminar on Monday: http://goo.gl/QpUuFf The top claim should be your POV with the most compelling evidence in support of it and the bottom is the opposition with the most compelling and also potentially flawed evidence.
After reviewing your synthesis essay and the samples, make a copy of this google doc and reflect: http://goo.gl/rktUkU
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