Instructions: • Choose one of the following questions and write a 900-word (minimum 850 words; maximum 950 words) synthesis essay. For each question, you will be asked to choose three essays

from a specific section of the anthology Bad Ideas about Writing as your three research sources. You should engage with these three sources and with your own experiences as a writer (in this course and in other academic and non-academic contexts) to answer the question. 1. What is good writing? Choose any three essays from the section "Bad Ideas about What Good Writing Is." 2. What makes a writer a good writer? Choose any three essays from the section "Bad Ideas about Who Good Writers Are." 3. How important are style, usage, and grammar in writing? Choose any three essays from the section "Bad Ideas about Style, Usage, and Grammar." You will find the readings for this assignment in the "Synthesis Assignment" sub.