WJEC Synthesis

What does 'synthesis' mean?

• a short, clear description that gives the main facts or ideas about something

• the act of combining different ideas or things to make a whole that is new and different from the items considered separately

• the act of comparing two or more people or things

• to make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Synthesis questions usually carry higher tariff marks.

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Synthesis questions need you to use quotations from the text.

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• False

10 marks means that you have to make _____ points.

If you don't like one text out of the 2 or 3 you have been asked to synthesise, you can just concentrate on the other texts

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You should always use connectives to compare the texts in a synthesis question

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You should balance out the number of points equally between texts

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After you've used a quotation, you should make a comment about it based on what you can infer from it

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• False