Which of the following situations describes a historian using the skill of synthesis?
1. a researcher compares different eyewitness reports about a political protest to try to figure out exactly what happened
2. an archaeologist uncovers a set of laws and political documents written by a previously undiscovered civilization.
3. a writer begins her historical essay by introducing a number of interesting facts meant to catch the reader's attention.
4. a professor responds to his colleagues' claims about a historical event by introducing data that undermines their conclusions.

The correct option is "1. A researcher compares different eyewitness reports about a political protest to try to figure out exactly what happened"

A synthesis in literature, is a writing that denote the main ideas of a text. Unlike the summary, it presents the general ideas of the author; therefore, it is almost always the author who publishes it. In a book, the literary synthesis is presented at the beginning; it may be the author's point of view about the book, or a summary of the content.

A synthesis is that writing that results from joining ideas that were scattered and put them in a single writing where they relate to each other.

the answer should be:

their party has more members.

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