PRE-TEST Activity 1: TRUE OR FALSE: Read the following sentences and tell if they are correct or incorrect. Write your answers on the blank. 1. Synthesizing and summarizing are related but not the same. 2. For an effective synthesis, you can use topic sentences to link back to the previous paragraph. 3. To synthesize means to discuss every part of a selection. 4. Transitional devices are needed to make logical transition from a paragraph to the next one. 5. Synthesizing is retelling what you read.
