Heavy Metal Music and Censorship
Possible structures for a synthesis essay:
Point to Point: Topic is Heavy Metal Music and Censorship
Author 1: Jones/ Author 2 Smith
Introduction
–A clear thesis
–introduce the authors and the texts
–a hook—an interesting quote, fact, statistic, anecdote, question to raise
–Remember for an argumentative synthesis your goal is to use the articles to help get your own ideas/beliefs across, though you still need to present both sides of the issue.
Pt. 1 Jones: Should not be censored because of the first amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech
Pt. 1 Smith : Should be censored because music can harm listeners
–Compare/contrast the two perspectives
Pt. 2 Jones: Should not be censored because artists have a right to earn a living
Pt. 2 Smith: Should be censored because artists shouldn’t make money off of others’ suffering
–Compare/contrast the two perspectives
Pt. 3 Jones: Should not be censored because those who attempted or committed suicide in the past were mentally ill or already drug addicted when they attempted to kill themselves
Pt. 3 Smith: Should be censored because those who committed suicide or attempted suicide were led to do so by the music
–Compare contrast the two sides
Conclusion
–reiterate the thesis
–respond to the question or fact, etc.
Whole argument approach: Heavy Metal Music and Censorship
Author 1: Jones/Author 2 Smith
Introduction
–clear thesis
–introduce authors and texts
–a hook
Jones:
Pt. 1à Metal should not be censored because of the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech
Pt. 2 àMetal should not be censored because the artists have a right to earn a living
Pt. 3 àMetal should not be censored because those who attempted or committed suicide in the past were deeply depressed or addicted to drugs prior to their attempt to harm/kill themselves
Smith
Pt. 1àMetal should be censored because such music can be harmful to listeners
Compare/Contrast to Jones’ first point
Pt. 2à Metal should be censored because artists should not make money off of others’ suffering
Compare/contrast to Jones’ second point
Pt. 3àMetal should be censored because those who committed or attempted suicide were led to do so by the music
Compare/contrast to Jones’ second point
Conclusion
–Reiterate the thesis
–Respond to the hook (if necessary)
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Effects of music
Both the young and the old are attracted to the music industry that keeps on changing on daily basis. Millions of copies are sold each day as new songs are released by our artists. The content of the music is the worry of many people as a majority of them do not know the effects. It is out of this that this paper addresses the effects of the music we listen to analyzing two articles namely, “Heavy Metal Music and Adolescent Suicidality, an empirical investigation” by Scheel and Westefeld (1999) and “Can music preference indicate mental……………
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