Responding to Multiple Texts: Synthesis and Comparison

What this note covers

1. Understanding the Task: What Synthesis Actually Demands
2. First-Read Strategy: Annotating for Synthesis Before You Write
3. Points of Connection: Identifying What Binds the Texts
4. Points of Difference: Using Contrast to Build Argument
5. Structuring a Synthesised Response: Integrated vs. Block Method
6. Handling Multimodal Texts: When One Text Is Visual or Digital
7. Writing for Sophistication: Language and Evidence in Synthesis

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