Purpose: Students must demonstrate their knowledge for planning a sound essay structure by creating a seven paragraph critical synthesis outline involving five topics thematically connected to science and/or technology. This assignment will benefit students when planning essays for academic audiences with expectations for effective logic and organization.

Skills:The purpose of this assignment is to help you practice judging and evaluating relevant information during the planning process for developing a sound essay structure. You will apply synthesis strategies Download synthesis strategies to formulate a logical essay and paragraph structure.

Task: Study and Apply the following resources to support your strategies for outlining your seven paragraph critical synthesis essay which is due soon. Upload a digital copy of the outline for instructor evaluation with feedback prior to drafting your critical synthesis essay.

• Apply Critical Synthesis with Resources: Illustration (Chapter 11) or Cause and Effect (Chapter 14) and Argument (Chapter 16)
• Apply SFSW Chapter 1-5
• Apply Reading Circle Topic Discussion

Follow the directions in the SFSW on page 50-51 to develop sentence and bullet point outline incorporating all of the Science and Technology resources. I have provided a Critical Synthesis Outline Guide with the topics arranged in no particular order. So you must rearrange the topics using organizational suggestions for your main writing strategy: illustration, cause and effect or argument. Reinking and von der Osten provide context for the four staged Critical Synthesis process at the end of each main writing strategy chapter along with a planning flow chart. Follow the Directly Stated Thesis model in SFSW Chapter 5 on page 104 to plan your introduction paragraph in which you will define both terms using dictionary.com. Follow the Restatement of the Thesis model on page or the Hope or Recommendation model in SFSW Chapter 5.

At the top of your outline, state your theme Science and Technology, plus the main Writing Strategy: Apply critical synthesis strategies involving the purposes of Illustration, Cause and Effect, and Argument. Study the SFSW concepts for writing a Critical Synthesis for the main writing strategy at the end of the particular SFSW writing strategy chapter to plan your essay. In your outline submission, formulate a complete thesis statement and topic sentences. Use appropriate transitions to build relationships between the topic ideas and between the paragraph ideas for each topic discussion.

***Organize sub-topics as suggested by your purpose along with main writing strategy pattern structures from the specific chapter.

Introduction: (Follow the Directly Stated Thesis model on page 104. Define the terms Science and Technology)

Science - As a "branch of knowledge" science involves "truths systematically arranged" ("science").

Technology - According to dictionary.com, technology is "the branch of knowledge dealing with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society and the environment" ("technology").

THESIS: Main Essay Topic Science __________ technology; therefore, society must ____________________

Sub-topic = (transition) Energy

A. (transition) subordinate idea - 2006 1. Moore (awesome verb) " Thirty years on, my views have changed, and the rest of the environmental movement needs to update its views, too, because nuclear energy may just be the energy source that can save our planet from another possible disaster: catastrophic climate change" (558).

B. (transition) subordinate idea - 2011 1. Rowell (awesome verb) - "it's a mistake to build a new round of nuclear power stations in the UK" (562).

Sub-topic = (transition) Automation

A. (transition) subordinate idea - 2017 1. Bomey (awesome verb) "As the political debate rages over how to inject fresh energy into the American economy with Trump taking office, automation presents perhaps the greatest threat to the American economy" (581).

B. (transition) subordinate idea - 2017 1. Levine (awesome verb) "Advances in supercomputers and the understanding of neural networks are combining to create the revolution in robotics, and companies eager for more profitability and cheaper production are ruthlessly grabbing the new technology to automate rote jobs" (574). + "Do we want robotization to happen unfettered, or do we want to be in charge of shaping our own future? The answer is simple. All that is left is to do it" (580).

Sub-topic = (transition) Earth

A. (transition) subordinate idea - 2014 1. Mockenhaupt (awesome verb) "But fire shelters have saved hundreds of people's lives, and saved hundreds of others from serious burns" (487).

B. (transition) subordinate idea - 1. Perfect home (awesome verb) "The EPA has stated that geothermal technologies represent a major opportunity for reducing national energy use and pollution, while delivering comfort, reliability, and savings to the homeowner" (491).

Sub-topic = (transition) Medicine

A. (transition) subordinate idea - 2001 1. Krock (awesome verb) "some of medicine's most important advances have occurred through serendipity" (501). "openmindedness" (505).

B. (transition) subordinate idea - 2017 1. Millard (awesome verb) "Between 26 million and 36 million people abuse opioids worldwide" (509).

Sub-topic - (transition) Media

A. (transition) subordinate idea - 2010 1. Johnson (awesome verb) "The videos are so ubiquitous that analysts and police debate whether they are serving the public interestor undermining public trust in law enforcement and even putting officers' lives in jeopardy" (538).

B. (transition) subordinate idea - 2011 1. Graham (awesome verb) "cinema refreshes the parts that even the best games in the world can't reach (534).

C. (transition) subordinate idea - 2017 1. Morgans (awesome verb) societies "craving for validation, experienced by billions around the globe, [is] currently pushing platform engagement [and] . . . driving profits to levels that were previously impossible" (543).

Conclusion: (transition) Use the guidelines for your writing strategy along with SFSW Chapter five paragraph models.