SYNTHESIS

• Ability to respond to ideas,wrintings,art, data etc.
• Ability to Respond fully and critically
• Ability to do this from your own point of view
• This is the the fundamental skill of academic discourse
• Academic discourse is fundamentally a dialogue

THREE ESSENTIAL STEPS

• Comprehend the ideas presented
• Analyze and evaluate the ideas
• Integrate above into a formal response

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR SYNTHESIZING

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