A&B Chapter 12 Analyzing and Synthesizing

What is analyzing and synthesizing?  According to The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, to "analyze something, you break it down into its parts to see the relationships among them.  When you synthesize you take one more step, putting the parts together in some new fashion." Both analysing and synthesizing are important writing skills, especially in an argument.  Analysing is like problemizing a topic in that you look at both sides of an argument.  You evaluate all the parts of a text tell you find.  Then when you've thought through all the parts you synthesize them into what you find is the heart of the matter. In an argumentative essay the synthesizing of all the ideas usually equals you thesis or your stance, because through all your analysing you can now synthesize a strong opinion.  Often in an essay where you synthesize, you will summarize text that you heartburn analyze it.  This shows the logic behind  your synthesis conclusion.  In my writing plan to use this tactic of analysing then synthesizing, because it will make my arguments stronger, and help me to formulate my ideas at college level thinking.