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ETS International Session 2

Lesson 1: Analysis and Synthesis
Objective
 to familiarise with the concept synthesis and analysis
 to practise the skills of Critique writing

Concepts

Analysis – ‘Breaking up’

 Pulling the whole idea apart, identifying the parts, and describing how they
relate to each other
 Identifying the components of a computer system or the characteristics of jazz
and determining how the elements work together to form a coherent whole.
 Looking at the details to perceive the larger patterns that govern their
interrelationships.
Synthesis – ‘Put together’
 Creating an original way to organise and interpret information
 Creating a new meaning by restructuring information in terms of broad
connections among its parts
 Involving a unified, coherent reinterpretation in which both the separate
elements and entire situation make sense in a new way
 Not a superficial grasp of a subject
 Requiring comprehensive knowledge to incorporate information into a unified
theory
 Finding a fresh point, a new way of seeing
The new synthesis may be unfamiliar with your listeners or readers, it is important to
state it very clearly and provide abundant illustrations and evidence to support it.
Activity 1: List some daily activities of Analysis and Synthesis.
Analysis activities Synthesis activities

Words signalling analysis

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Words signalling synthesis

*You may learn how to use these expressions in your writing and reading.

Identify the statement below as analysis or synthesis by underlining the

correct words at the left.
1. Many small businesses lack skilled managers, adequate financing, and long term
business plans.
2. In the United States, sports are characterised by competitiveness, hard work and
discipline.
3. Despite their violence, fairy tales give children a way of relating fictional conflicts
to the inner dramas of their lives.
4. Africa actually bears little resemblance to the image of the continent presented in
most movies.
5. The efforts of the great world powers in the face of war can be interpreted as
attempts to confine the conduct of war within definite boundaries.
6. The mosaics in Ravenna are related in style and subject matter to the mosaics in
Venice.
8. Most societies are divided into two classes, and elite class that rules and an
underclass that is ruled.
9. Changing ideals of masculinity and femininity work together to shape the modern
question for perfect health.
10. The social structures of ancient Egypt and tome can be correlated to answer
fundamental questions about how and why societies change.

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Activity 2

Your friend who will come to Beijing asks to recommend a good eating place.
Choose three good eating places and compare their strengths and weaknesses.
After that, you decide the best eating place for your friend. You need to tell your
friend which place is the best eating place, why you think it is the best one and give
evidence to support you.

Your tasks:

1. Make a list of the three eating places.

2. Compare the strengths and weaknesses.
3. Determine the best eating places based on your comparison.
4. Give reasons to support your opinion.
5. Provide evidence to support your decision.

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The first eating place: The second eating place: The third eating place:

Strengths Weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses

The best eating place based on your opinion:

Reasons:

Evidence:

Your final opinion:

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