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Synthesizing means learning from what you read and adding new ideas to what you already know. It is like putting together parts of a picture. Each part teaches you something. But when you put the parts together, they tell you something new.
Tell a story about this picture using one or two sentences.Continue
Describe what is happening in this picture.Continue
Now tell a new story about this picture using one or two sentences.Continue
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Synthesizing means learning from what you read and adding new ideas to what you already know.
First choose a picture. Then write one or two sentences about the picture. Be creative.
Then choose another picture. Describe what you think is happening in the picture.
Finally, write a short story about the new picture that is created.