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Description of the assignment
In this synthesis essay, you will draft a logical argument pertaining to justice or injustice that can be observed in various settings such as, the legal system and the general social environment. After engaging with several resources including, but not limited to, Stevenson’s TED Talk, We Need to Talk about an Injustice, Adichie’s article, The Danger of a Single Story, Cotton and Thompson’s , Picking Cotton, and Martin Luther King's "A Letter from Birmingham Jail," you will need to formulate your own opinion about the subject.
Reading
When reading the above references, apply any and all of the reading strategies that we have drafted for this course. Also, I want it to be high school level, I want very easy words, not long-hard words.
The introduction
In the introduction to your synthesis essay, you are highly recommended to use multiple introductory techniques from the fourteen techniques that we have learned. Here try to avoid the much used technique of asking questions. Make sure that the techniques that you actually implement will captivate your readers’ attention (college bound readers). Place your main idea (thesis/ assertion/ claim/ controlling idea) towards the end of your introduction since you are preparing your essay deductively rather than inductively. Your introduction should be a minimum of 160-200 words.
The body of your essay
For the body of your essay, you will have to show how your main idea applies to each one of the above four or five references. Begin each one of the first four body paragraphs with a transitional device for coherence (here review our discussion of coherence among paragraphs and within paragraphs). Then follow the transitional device with a topic sentence that relates to the main idea and mentions one of these four references respectively (I suggest that you start with Picking Cotton, followed by The Danger of a Single Story, We Need to talk about Social Injustice, and end with Martin Luther King's "a Letter from Birmingham Jail."
When you complete your analysis of these four references, add another paragraph or two in which you address the same main idea based on your personal experiences, observations, and readings. As usual, you have to be elaborate and detailed.
Each one of your four to six body paragraphs should contain at least 140 to 180 words.
The Conclusion
For your conclusion, use any one of the techniques for the concluding paragraph; however, I expect that you use recommendations for the future, summary of the main ideas, and suggestions in the form of solutions to the problem.
The prompt for the second synthesis essay
You are studying one of the most disturbing processes that may be hurting the principle of fairness and justice that appeals to most, if not, all Americans. Through careful reading and listening, you are closely analyzing four professionally prepared references (Stevenson’s TED Talk, We Need to Talk about an Injustice, Adichie’s article, The Danger of a Single Story, Cotton and Thompson’s , Picking Cotton, and Martin Luther King's "a Letter from Birmingham Jail." You may merge other references to your discussion if you so choose.
In this second synthesis essay, you will do your best to persuade your reader of your position about social injustice. To achieve this goal, you may need to respond to any of the following:
- How does social injustice manifest itself in the courts?
- Why do many, perhaps impulsively and readily, stereotype others?
- What advantages and/or disadvantages may result from social injustice?
- What advantages and /or disadvantages may result from stereotyping?
- Why do educated individuals, such as lawyers, judges, college personnel, politicians, follow unacceptable social injustice practices?
- How have you personally been exposed or have experienced such unacceptable social injustice or stereotyping practices? Important Notes:
- Do not forget to follow the techniques that you learned in summarizing references, directly quoting statements from your sources, commenting on the quotes, and blending the quotes into your synthesis essay.
- You will also need to provide a works cited page at the end of your essay.
- Follow the conventions of standard English sentence structure.
- Advance a clear thesis (claim/assertion/ main idea/controlling idea) and place that thesis towards the end of the introductory paragraph. For this purpose, review the eight features of composing effective thesis statements.
- As for coherence, you will need to pay attention to the fundamental aspects of establishing coherence in writing. Again here review our study of coherence in both order of support and transitional devices.
- Now you will have to develop a tendency to infuse your essay with specific details. Here review the techniques that we studied concerning how to generate specific details.
- Do not forget to include at least twenty new words that we have learned from Improving Vocabulary Skills by Sherrie L. Nist.I TRULY EXPECT THAT YOU WILL COMPOSE A FINE CONVINCING SYNTESIS ESSAY
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Injustices in the legal Systems and the General Social Environment
The criminal justice system is broken. The deepest prejudice deprives defendants a chance
to get a fair trial. In point of fact, there have been a number of wrongful convictions owing to false
confessions, ineffective assistance of counsel, improper forensic science, incriminating statements
and untruthful testimony. Additionally, most of the standards used by courts are biased. This
explains why petitioners in criminal cases that raise constitutional claims end up in jail. Also, most
of the cases brought by prisoners are dismissed procedurally thus limiting their chances to get a
hearing (Costello and Robert 51). In addition to that, inmates who challenge their conviction
navigate complicated legal standards without any right for legal assistance. Even if prisoners do
get a hearing, they still lose because judges are allowed by the court rules to make constitutional
claims. Therefore, the state wins in spite of dishonest lawyers or correctional officers. On this
basis, this essay aims examine the factors that contribute to injustice practices in various settings
such as the judicial system and the general social environment.
In regard to "picking the cotton" article, there are a number of factors that contributed to
an injustice practice such as the conviction of an innocent person. Eyewitness misidentif...
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