Once you have determined the key ideas in a text, you can synthesize information, or combine details and parts of a text or even multiple texts to form a new coherent and unified idea not explicitly stated in the source material. When you can synthesize information from a text, you are able to apply the knowledge gained to you lives and the world around you . For example, if you can find a way to unify several viewpoints presented on an issue, you will have the ability to look at the issue in different ways and might be better able to consider solutions.
