Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus

Prof. Scott R. Stankey

Synthesis Essays


General Information:

General Information -- Part I

General Information -- Part II

Writing a Synthesis (WRAC)

"What They Say, What I Say" -- Planning and Organizing a Synthesis Essay

A Plan for Revision and Commonly Asked Questions

 

Common Knowledge Information

Brainstorming on Academic Writing (from day 1)

Writing Introductions

Writing Conclusions

 

Assignment #1:

Assignment Sheet -- Writing about Personal Essays

Sample Essay -- Writing about Personal Essays

 

Assignment #2:

Assignment Sheet: Medical Patient Synthesis Essay

Sample Paper #1 -- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Sample Paper #2 -- Leading a Life of Cutting

Questions to Use for Analyzing Your Sources

Quotation Examples -- Joan Didion

MLA Bibliographic Citations Demonstration

Sample Works Cited Page and In-Text Citations

Class Notes #2 -- Patient Essay Example Table and Various Questions

Class Notes #3 -- Structures, Introductions, and Conclusions

FAQs from the Individual Conferences