Writing Assignment 5: Explanatory Synthesis Final Paper (GRADED)

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Writing Assignment 4: Explanatory Synthesis Paper Draft (GRADED)

Complete this writing assignment by Week 4, Day 7.

Overview

In Writing Assignment 1, you learned how to summarize a source by looking closely at its rhetorical strategies. In Writing Assignment 2, you learned how to compare and contrast two sources as they relate to the same topic. In Writing Assignment 3, you learned how to create an outline of your explanatory synthesis paper. This module, you will turn your paper outline into an explanatory synthesis paper draft. You should also consider the instructor feedback you received on Writing Assignment 1, 2, and 3. Use your instructor feedback to maximize your revision potential.

Writing Assignment 4 Prompt

For writing Assignment 4, you will write a fully-developed 500-750 word draft of your explanatory synthesis paper, which MUST include one additional source from the Topics and Sources page. Your draft (and the final paper) MUST contain a total of four sources. We encourage you to use the same source you worked with in the activities in this module, since those activities were planned with this task in mind. Using your outline and the feedback you received from your instructor on your outline, you will start to build the paragraphs that make up your paper.

Make sure your explanatory synthesis essay draft includes all of the elements below:

•A fully developed introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement that's appropriate for an explanatory synthesis paper's purpose

•Fully developed body paragraphs that present topic sentences, integrate source evidence, consider opposing viewpoints between sources (if they exist), and contain effective transitions both within and between paragraphs

•A fully developed conclusion paragraph that reiterates the main point of the paper

•In-text citations in APA format, which indicate where you will include summarized, paraphrased, and quoted material in your paper, and a corresponding reference list, using the APA citation wizard

•Your paper draft must be free from first person reference. Your paper draft must be written from a third person perspective.

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Writing Assignment 4: Explanatory Synthesis Paper Draft (GRADED)

Complete this writing assignment by Week 4, Day 7.

Overview

In Writing Assignment 1, you learned how to summarize a source by looking closely at its rhetorical strategies. In Writing Assignment 2, you learned how to compare and contrast two sources as they relate to the same topic. In Writing Assignment 3, you learned how to create an outline of your explanatory synthesis paper. This module, you will turn your paper outline into an explanatory synthesis paper draft. You should also consider the instructor feedback you received on Writing Assignment 1, 2, and 3. Use your instructor feedback to maximize your revision potential.

Writing Assignment 4 Prompt

For writing Assignment 4, you will write a fully-developed 500-750 word draft of your explanatory synthesis paper, which MUST include one additional source from the Topics and Sources page. Your draft (and the final paper) MUST contain a total of four sources. We encourage you to use the same source you worked with in the activities in this module, since those activities were planned with this task in mind. Using your outline and the feedback you received from your instructor on your outline, you will start to build the paragraphs that make up your paper.

Make sure your explanatory synthesis essay draft includes all of the elements below:

•A fully developed introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement that's appropriate for an explanatory synthesis paper's purpose

•Fully developed body paragraphs that present topic sentences, integrate source evidence, consider opposing viewpoints between sources (if they exist), and contain effective transitions both within and between paragraphs

•A fully developed conclusion paragraph that reiterates the main point of the paper

•In-text citations in APA format, which indicate where you will include summarized, paraphrased, and quoted material in your paper, and a corresponding reference list, using the APA citation wizard

•Your paper draft must be free from first person reference. Your paper draft must be written from a third person perspective.

Writing Assignment 5: Explanatory Synthesis Final Paper (GRADED)

Complete this writing assignment by Week 5, Day 7.

Overview

In Writing Assignment 1, you learned how to summarize a source by looking closely at its rhetorical strategies. In Writing Assignment 2, you learned how to compare and contrast two sources as they relate to the same topic. In Writing Assignment 3, you learned how to create an outline of your explanatory synthesis paper. In Writing Assignment 4, you wrote a fully developed draft of your explanatory thesis paper and incorporated editing and revision suggestions from at least two of your peers. This module, you will polish your draft into your final explanatory synthesis paper. You should also consider the instructor feedback you received on Writing Assignment 1, 2, 3, and 4. Look back at all of your instructor's feedback to maximize your revision potential. Do you see patterns in what your instructor notes is working and not working? Incorporate what you've learned about your writing as a whole into this module's Writing Assignment.

Writing Assignment 5 Prompt

For Writing Assignment 5, you will revise, edit, and polish the draft of your explanatory synthesis paper into a 750-1000 word final paper. Your final paper must contain four sources from the Topics and Sources page.

Make sure your final paper contains the following elements:

•A fully developed and polished introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement that's appropriate for an explanatory synthesis paper's purpose

•Fully developed and polished body paragraphs that present topic sentences, integrate source evidence, consider opposing viewpoints between sources (if they exist), and contain effective transitions both within and between paragraphs

•A fully developed and polished conclusion paragraph that reiterates the main point of the paper

•In-text citations in APA format, which indicate where you will include summarized, paraphrased, and quoted material in your paper, and a corresponding reference list, using the APA citation wizard

•Your final paper must be free from first person reference. Your paper must be written from a third person perspective.

Writing Assignment 5 Work Area

Type your responses into the textboxes provided and then click "Submit." These responses will be saved to your Notebook, accessible through the " Tools" button.

After answering the questions below and entering in your responses, you will be guided to download, save, format, and then submit your Writing Assignment 5 for grading.

The next activity uses a rich text area. You can tab to the editor body. Press ALT-F10 to get to the toolbar. Press ESC to return to the editor body. A save button is available in the top toolbar all the way to the right and will become visible when it receives focus.

1. Polish and finalize your introduction paragraph.

In the textbox below, copy and paste in the version of your introduction paragraph from the document you downloaded and saved from Activity 10. Review this paragraph one more time and make sure it is the most final, polished version that is ready for submission and grading.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS: As you summarize or quote a source, be sure to make it clear that the idea or language is the author's and include an in-text citation for any summarized or quoted material. Also, avoid first person perspective (I, me, mine, our, we) and only use third person perspective.

BE SURE TO CLICK "SUBMIT" so your work is saved and will be collated in the Word document collator below. Clicking "SUBMIT" will also save your work to your Notebook for later retrieval. You can access your Notebook at any time under "Tools" at the top of the left-hand navigation bar.

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