Which term describes combining themes from several novels to form a broader understanding of oppression?

• A. Context
• B. Inference
• C. Synthesis
• D. Perspective

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is synthesis: bringing together ideas from multiple novels to form a broader understanding. Synthesis means taking themes, patterns, and evidence from different works and weaving them into a single, larger insight. When you study several novels about oppression, you look for common mechanisms like unequal power, silencing, or systemic barriers, note how each text maybe approaches those ideas differently, and then argue a broader point that goes beyond any one story. This goes beyond simply describing a setting (context), or drawing a conclusion from clues in one text (inference), or focusing on who is telling the story (perspective). A synthesis approach shows you can integrate ideas across texts to support a general claim about oppression.