Problem
Read the following articles:
1) "The Gayest One," Brett Krutzsch
2) "The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl," Elizabeth Wong
3) "Stalking a Rustically Hip Family on Instagram," Flake
4) "I've Quit Writing About Quitting Things," Tuck
5) "Bad Feminist," Gay a brief paragraph detailing your plan for the Personal Essay with Synthesis.
You might want to address one or more of the following questions:
1) Which article are you going to synthesize with? Why?
2) Are you stuck between two different articles? Why? What does each have to offer?
3) What personal experience are you going to discuss? Are you struggling to think of one? Are you nervous about sharing the experience/thoughts you think would work best?
4) Do you know how you're going to structure your essay?
5) Are you going to compare? Focus on similarities or differences?
6) Are you going to build off the idea that the article has already presented?