Writing Styles
When first starting off an essay, there are many different paths one can choose to take. I, personally, feel that I do a mixture of the techniques suggested in From Inquiry to Academic Writing and also different tools that I have learned in the past english calsses that I have taken. While reading the articles, I make sure that I am annotating well and will most likely go over the readings at least twice just to make sure Im understanding everything correctly. Second, making a list of similarities between the articles helps me select what I feel is most interesting for myself and is a decent arguable topic. I then formulate my thesis. After I finished preparing a strong thesis statement, I then layout an outline to make sure that the organization of my paper is right on. Finally, its time to start writing! For this particular essay, I will use the explanations of synthesis in the book, and also the examples that were presented in class. Although, I am still unsure about the synthesis writing technique, I feel that the general writing style that I have grasped from both the book and in class will help me write a strong paper.