analysis

I didn’t understand synthesis essays until I failed one. That sounds dramatic, but it’s true. I showed up to my sophomore year composition class thinking I knew what writing was about. I’d written argumentative essays, personal narratives, research papers. I figured synthesis would be more of the same, just with a fancier name. Turns out, …

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I’ve spent the better part of a decade watching people confuse the two, and I’ve been guilty of it myself more times than I’d like to admit. Someone sits down after a difficult day, thinks about what went wrong, maybe journals a bit, and calls it reflection. They feel better. They move on. But here’s …

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