In Cold Blood Synthesis Essay
In Cold Blood
Synthesis Essay
Overview
One of our focuses for this unit is the study of source-based essays (or synthesis essays for the AP test).
Therefore, for your final essay, you must find five articles from a variety of sources (magazines, journals, newspapers, books) and two visual sources (editorial cartoon, graph, chart, table) that are related to a current issue. Articles should be no more than one page in length. If you find a longer article, then pull an excerpt that equals one page. You will be expected to read, highlight, and annotate each article.
You must then write a synthesis essay in which you develop a position and evaluate potential outcomes. Use the research to support your own argument, not merely summarize the arguments of other writers. Consider using the sample synthesis essay I gave you as an example of how I expect the prompt worded and the articles organized.
You must submit:
A prompt
Copies of your annotated sources
A typed essay (1000-1500 words)
Works Cited page
Topics
Since we are reading Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, many of the topics below are connected to themes in this book. Of course, this list is not limiting, and you may see me if you have other ideas.
• Death penalty
• Nature vs. nurture
• Biases in the media
• Rural life vs. city life
• Effects of violence on the community
• Legal rights for those with physical deformities
Due Dates:
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