ENGL&101 – English Composition I (Online & Hybrid)

Week 9/10 Reading Response

This response asks you to present your own synthesis ideas, using the strategy of a Synthesis
Chart. Make sure you have reviewed Synthesis Chart Notes before attempting this assignment.

Part 1: Identify your two texts and authors. Format titles and spell names correctly!

Part 2: Fill in this Synthesis Chart for your two texts. Make sure to include all the information
you can find for each box. Fill in your chart as much as possible!

Biographical Info Experiences/Narrative Assertions

Evidence

[Put first author’s

name here]

[Put second author’s

name here]

Part 3: Discuss where you see the connections and contrasts in your chart. Attempt to evolve
your synthesis ideas by reflecting on what might be gained by synthesizing these two texts.
How might you show a reader something they would not have been able to see with either text
on its own?