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Reading non-fiction: synthesis and summary of information and ideas across texts
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which assessment objective covers selecting and synthesising evidence from different texts?

  1. AO3
  2. AO2
  3. AO4
  4. AO1
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✓ Answer: DAO1
Award 1 mark. AO1 covers both retrieval of information and its synthesis across texts. Comparison of perspectives falls under AO3.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What does synthesis mean in a reading answer?

  1. Drawing information from more than one text into a single connected account
  2. Quoting the longest sentence from each text
  3. Correcting errors in the texts
  4. Writing about one text and then the other
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✓ Answer: ADrawing information from more than one text into a single connected account
Award 1 mark. The two texts must end up in the same sentences. Handling them one after the other is not synthesis.
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