syn·op·sis 
(sĭ-nŏpsĭs)
(sĭ-nŏpsĭs)n. pl. syn·op·ses (-sēz)
A brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary.
[Late Latin, from Greek sunopsis, general view : sun-, syn- + opsis, view; see okw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]