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Example Of A Synthesis Essay Sample

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The essays chosen for the portfolio were included based on which essays depicted the greatest amount of growth since the beginning of the year. This growth includes improvements in my control of language, the focus throughout the essay, and the quality of analysis. Therefore, the ineffective essays showcase repetitive language, an excess of informalities, a lack of cohesive argument, and analysis that is explained poorly in order to contrast more strikingly with the effective essays, which contain a more sophisticated grasp on word choice and sentence structure, as well as a clear argument that provides proper analysis.
The synthesis essay was chosen due to the analysis that accompanies the sources as opposed to only summarizing the sources. Where other synthesis essays I wrote had a lack of analysis and focused more on repeating what the sources said in an attempt to support my argument. However, the effective synthesis essay first starts out using statistics from Source F, which stated that “of those who have graduated from a four year college, 74% report that college helped them learn, and 69% report that college helped them grow as a person” and then the essay follows up with analysis about how colleges allow people to grow by allowing them freedom they would not have otherwise had, …show more content…

Whereas other argument essays failed to provide specific evidence to properly support my argument, this essay cited multiple events in history, including the American Revolution and sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement, and it also cited specific people that were erased from history for being LGBT+, including Bayard Rustin and Marsha P. Johnson. It was this usage of evidence that made me chose this argument essay over the other

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