This assignment will be a synthesis essay, a format that is sometimes referred to as a literature review. Your synthesis essay should be organized in the following manner:

•Introduction: Write one or two paragraphs in which you introduce the reader to your topic.

•Body-the categories into which you are dividing the literature: Divide your sources into a few categories. A suggestion is that you divide them into three to five categories.

•Conclusion: Summarize what the literature says on your topic.

Approach:

You will utilize the scholarly journals from the annotated bibliography to synthesize the ideas of several of the authors in a synthesis essay, or literature review.

In the synthesis essay, you will focus your research efforts on the subject of mass shootings in schools. You will then conduct more research and synthesize your findings in this synthesis essay.

Please note that the annotated bibliography was the beginning, not the end, of your research.

You might decide to disregard several of the articles you analyzed in the critical annotated bibliography because they don't speak to the specific area on which you have decided to write your synthesis essay.

You might select one article that you analyzed in the critical annotated bibliography, look up the articles cited in that article, and "snowball" your research in that way. .

Approach and Requirements

Your synthesis essay, or literature review, should be 2000-2500 words, not including your "references" pages at the end of the review. In other words, the text of the paper should be 2000-2500 words.

In addition, the synthesis essay should include at least 10 scholarly sources in the "references" section.