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05-14-2008, 07:50 PM
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| AP Lang synthesis essays -- general thought/question
Do you think they try to push you to pick a particular side based on the sources? I mean, today I felt that the "keep" argument was a lot easier to support than the "get rid of" one just because the sources were a lot more solid. Any thoughts on this? Did you pick up on this? | 
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05-14-2008, 07:53 PM
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| I thought that you could take either side.. I realized that i was running out of support half way through and it was too late to start over and take a different side...
I hated that prompt. My other essays were good but the synthesis one was definitely the worst. I could not come up with enough support so i had to resort to repetition... hopefully it won't prevent me from getting a 5 | |
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05-14-2008, 07:57 PM
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| did we have to use outside support? =\ | |
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05-14-2008, 08:01 PM
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| crispsoph, you're DEFINITELY not supposed to use outside support on a synthesis question. They want you to use the sources, and that's.
Regarding the main thread question, yes, I do, cause I felt it was MUCH easier to write one side than the other. The sources given for the other side were ludicrous and made me laugh, and I can't see how you can even use three sources to support that side. It was a dumb essay topic really. I hope everyone agrees on that. haha | 
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05-14-2008, 08:03 PM
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| lots of people at my school went "nay" instead of "yay" leading me to think that I was the minority. Lol, guess not after all  | |
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05-14-2008, 08:06 PM
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| i opposed to it HHAHAHAH
it was a ballin' synthesis essay though | |
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05-14-2008, 08:14 PM
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| I was wishing halfway through I had opposed it  | |
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05-14-2008, 08:14 PM
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| wow, i actually thought it was easier to support getting rid of it. i guess i just looked at the sources superficially. | |
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05-14-2008, 08:32 PM
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| i said keep and i think mine was pretty beastly. I say 8 because my vocab isnt that great. I think you are alowed to use outside info though or maybe not .....o well who cares the test is over now. I think it seemed even at first, but i think the docs favored keep because i went through the docs in about 5 min( these were relly easy compared to Euro docs) nd i first i was writing down stuff for agaisnt but when i finished i was like " i could probably put more stuff for keep" so i just went over the docs again looking for **** tht would support keeping it | |
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05-14-2008, 08:43 PM
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| crispsoph-
You can use outside support, the synthesis is supposed to be YOUR argument, so you can make your case however you choose. If you Only talk about how Source A says X, and Source B says this it weakens your position. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:12 PM
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| ^^ I second that. Your argument is central and only the sources support your thesis. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:24 PM
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crispsoph, you're DEFINITELY not supposed to use outside support on a synthesis question. They want you to use the sources, and that's.
| Uh, no. You're definitely supposed to include some outside knowledge. It shows a deeper understanding of the material and can possibly reveal insight. They don't want you to just regurgitate the docs.
I liked the synthesis essay. It was a lame topic, but I think I came up with some pretty good outside examples and extrapolations of the sources. From my perspective the argument could have been taken either way. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:28 PM
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| how are u suppposed to include outside info on a topic about that topic?
its so no expierenced based topic. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:30 PM
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