We know that both analysis and synthesis are higher order components in learning taxonomies and that they are essential to a student’s development as a college-level reader, writer, and thinker; they are key features of our outcomes. But what exactly are they? And can we tell whether we are teaching them well—or whether we are teaching them at all? This session will consider the nature of analysis and synthesis and how we might devise methods and assignments that will make their purpose and practice sharper for both writing instructors and their students. Lunch will be provided.