Active Reading

Thesis Statements

Organization

Choosing & Analyzing Quotations

Improving Quotation Choice

Shortening Quotations

Topic Sentences

Improving Analysis

Introductions

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Conclusions

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Organizational Transitions

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Integrating Quotations

Overview of Synthesis & Synthesis Essays

Sound Bytes & Conversing Sources

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Citing in Synthesis

Comma Splices

MLA Citations

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Pass on Passive Voice

Present Tense with Literature

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Rubric