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Norton Field Guide To Writing Essay

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When we synthesize, we are trying to put together material from two or more sources to help us to develop new outlook or to emphasize a new context to help us to determine what we are trying to say. Our mission as a writer is to gather as much information as we can on our topic then gather all the information that is going to help us to support what we are writing about (The Norton Field Guide to Writing). “When you synthesize, you group similar bits of information together, looking for patterns or themes or trends and trying to identify the key points” (457) Enclosed are some guidelines for doing so: (The Norton Field Guide to Writing) Read all the sources with an open mind. Take notes and write a brief summary. Pay attention to your first …show more content…

disagree with? Of those you disagree with, which ones seem strong enough that you need to ACKNOLEDGE them in your text? Are there any disagreements among your source? Are any themes you see in more than one source?” (458) More likely what is going to come out of these questions is a mixture of ideas and understandings of the topic that is going to help to become the basis of our ideas and what we are going to said about the topic (The Norton Field Guide to Writing). When you trying to synthesize ideas for your research take notes (The Norton Field Guide to Writing). You may find that identifying connections among your sources is easier if you examine them together rather than reading them one by one. For example, taking notes on note cards and then laying the cards out on a desk or table (or on the floor) lets you see the passages that seen related.”(459) When we start reading and thinking about our topic, we will start to understand the concepts and controversies relating to our topic, that is when we become aware that there is a larger conversation going on. Then we begin to see our own place in that conversation, and discover our own ideas, our own stance on your topic (The Norton Field Guide to

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