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Visual Sources: political cartoons, charts/graphs, posters, advertising, paintings, photographs

Critical Analysis of the Visual Text: Subject? Major Components? Verbal Clues? Detail Position? Positive or Negative? Purpose? Support? Alternative Viewpoints?

Visuals show a specific point of view and are used to illustrate a thesis.

NOT required to use any certain visual, choice of texts depends on purpose.

When analyzing visual sources, consider ALL elements. Be sure to analyze the argument and take a stance accordingly.

It is important to be informed. Start taking interest in the news and other media outlets.

Read the prompt, then choose your stance, then choose your supports using this criteria:

1.       What is your purpose?

2.       Is the text have background, or important information? New, or repetitive?

3.       Will at add depth to YOUR essay?

4.       Does it agree with or counter the other texts? Your claim?

To make this process easier, you can make a chart.

Although there is a lot of information to gather and analyze, the more you practice, the quicker you’ll get. Annotate as you read, jot down brief notes so you do not have to go back to find information.

Choosing which parts of the selected texts to use

·         Review highlighted notes of each passage

·         Ignore items you have not annotated

·         Determine if each excerpt contributes to the development of your thesis

The next task is to plan the essay

·         Intro- thesis, background info

·         Point 1: decision and support ruling

·         Point 2: decision and support ruling

The next step is to summarize the texts selected. To summarize, you must first whittle the source down to its essential point. Then, you paraphrase it (essentially rewrite the main point in your own words) in order to understand what the source is saying. Anything that is not common knowledge that you say during paraphrasing must be cited.

tl;dr In order to understand the text, you must break it down for you to understand

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-Explain summary, paraphrase, and inference and how to use them as support in the body and conclusion of your essay

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- Respond to the given prompt with an essay that incorporates and synthesizes at least three of the sources in support of his/her position on the subject.
-The prompt: three paragraphs long and several outside sources.
-The first paragraph always provides background information.
- The second paragraph is the actual assignment; what is required to be done.
- The third paragraph always provides organization information.
- A synthesis essay has two primary approaches; 1. Research, and 2. Argument.