Which statement is correct?
Synthesis is the act of combining separate things into a loose whole.
Synthesis makes use of the ideas of one’s own combining sources into the other people’s words.
Synthesis is a recap or statement of the important information of the source.
Synthesis involves analysis related to classification and division, comparison and contrast.
What is not the key to a synthesis?
Searching for flaws
Searching for weaknesses
Searching for advantages
Searching for limitations
Which statement is correct?
The ideas, information and arguments of each source are stated in a concise manner in a summary.
The summary analyses and evaluated the source information critically.
You don’t need to synthesize when you draw your readers’ attention to your own research.
You need to critically analyze the relationship between different sources when summarizing.
What are the components of a synthesis?
restatement and limitation of sources
restatement and evaluation of sources
limitation and evaluation of sources
knowledge gap and thesis statement
Which is not the typical order of logic in a synthesis?
Defining the issue under discussion and narrow down the issue to the current study.
Posing problems in earlier studies.
Proposing solutions and offering suggestions.
Concluding the research findings.
Which is incorrect?
Seminal works are not a good place to begin research for they could not lead to other studies.
Seminal works are those of central importance to a research topic.
Seminal works are relevant to the present study are stated last, before the author's own hypothesis is proposed.
The seminal works report a major breakthrough, a nice sight or a novel thinking that stimulates later thinking.
Which is an inappropriate way to identify limitations of the studies when synthesizing different sources?
Examine the design or methodology of the study
Examine the limitations sections of the paper to see what the authors have pointe out about their limitations
Keep an eye on how other studies reveal the limitations of a study
Examine the seminal works to see if they function as the stepping stone towards the next step further study
Which step can we skip when we write a concession-rebuttal paragraph?
Recognize the opposing viewpoints and acknowledge its value: think about the premise and evidence.
Rebut the opposing viewpoints: point out weakness in the premise, evidence or the opposing point of view.
Acknowledge the weaknesses and flaws of your rebuttal.
Support your rebuttal: use examples, facts, arguments to support the claim in your rebuttal.
How many ways are there to identify limitations of the studies when you synthesize different sources?
Two
Three
Four
Five