CONTEXT
For your first paper, you will write a 5-7page essay that asks you to synthesize
the main ideas/arguments in “The Frameworks for Information Literacy,” “Only
Connect: The Goals of a Liberal Education,” and “Imagination and Community,”
as well as “How Social Media Shapes Polarization” By Jay J Van BavelHow
social media shapes polarizal
For your first paper, you will write a 5-7page essay that asks you to synthesize
the main ideas/arguments in “The Frameworks for Information Literacy,” “Only
Connect: The Goals of a Liberal Education,” and “Imagination and Community,”
as well as “How Social Media Shapes Polarization” By Jay J Van BavelHow
social media shapes polarizal
concerning the role of information on
political polarization. As such, the paper will use four sources.
Although at its most basic level a synthesis essay involves combining two or
more summaries, synthesis writing is more difficult than it might at first
appear because this combining must be done in a meaningful way and the final
essay must generally be thesis-driven. This means the final paper is not merely
a series of separate summaries, but rather the argument organizes your summaries
around itself. Thus, you will need to draw together particular themes and claims
and make connections that you observe in the texts, organizing the material
from each text according to the specific argument/thesis that you make.
PROMPT
In
Imagination and Community, the novelist Marilynne Robinson posits that the
basis of community consists of “imaginative love for people we do not know or
whom know only very slightly.” In doing this, she argues against “homogenous
communities” and for “heterogeneous communities.” In 5-7 double spaced pages,
write a synthesis essay in which you make and support an argument that answers
the following question. How might the frameworks for information literacy help
to sustain diverse communities in a world increasingly defined by difference?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Grading Guidelines and Requirements
political polarization. As such, the paper will use four sources.
Although at its most basic level a synthesis essay involves combining two or
more summaries, synthesis writing is more difficult than it might at first
appear because this combining must be done in a meaningful way and the final
essay must generally be thesis-driven. This means the final paper is not merely
a series of separate summaries, but rather the argument organizes your summaries
around itself. Thus, you will need to draw together particular themes and claims
and make connections that you observe in the texts, organizing the material
from each text according to the specific argument/thesis that you make.
PROMPT
In
Imagination and Community, the novelist Marilynne Robinson posits that the
basis of community consists of “imaginative love for people we do not know or
whom know only very slightly.” In doing this, she argues against “homogenous
communities” and for “heterogeneous communities.” In 5-7 double spaced pages,
write a synthesis essay in which you make and support an argument that answers
the following question. How might the frameworks for information literacy help
to sustain diverse communities in a world increasingly defined by difference?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Grading Guidelines and Requirements
In addition to the rubric below, make sure you underline your thesis as well
as the topic sentence in each paragraph.
The paper has a title that clearly delineates the topic of your paper and
points toward its thesis
1 2 3 4 5
The paper has an introduction that contextualizes the conversation and clearly
delineates a thesis
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The thesis is specific, argumentative, and structural/organizational. It is
also underlined.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The paper is organized according to the thesis
1 2 3 4 5
The paragraphs in the paper are organized around a single idea that the author
makes clear in a topic sentence that is underlined and includes a single
claim, evidence, and exposition
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The paper employs logical transitions to move from one paragraph/one section
to the next
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The citations within the paper are varied and cited intertextually according
to MLA guidelines
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The exposition in the paragraphs features prominently in the paragraph and
downshifts toward increasing levels of specificity
1 2 3 4 5
as the topic sentence in each paragraph.
The paper has a title that clearly delineates the topic of your paper and
points toward its thesis
1 2 3 4 5
The paper has an introduction that contextualizes the conversation and clearly
delineates a thesis
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The thesis is specific, argumentative, and structural/organizational. It is
also underlined.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The paper is organized according to the thesis
1 2 3 4 5
The paragraphs in the paper are organized around a single idea that the author
makes clear in a topic sentence that is underlined and includes a single
claim, evidence, and exposition
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The paper employs logical transitions to move from one paragraph/one section
to the next
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The citations within the paper are varied and cited intertextually according
to MLA guidelines
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The exposition in the paragraphs features prominently in the paragraph and
downshifts toward increasing levels of specificity
1 2 3 4 5
attached are the files needed to write the paper
Also I have attached papers I did that pertain to this assignment that maybe can use to create my paper. Professor expects us to use some of our work.
only sources needed are the ones from the articles. No other outside sources please.