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September 29, 2014 Bob Cooper, Ildiko Horvath
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Next Monday your bibliographies are due in! Bibliography: A properly formatted bibliography following the academic style most common in the discipline of your major (e.g. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc…) that includes three secondary peer-reviewed sources.
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Chapter 6: Interacting with Texts (p. 104) ◦ Active Reading (p. 105) ◦ Annotating (p. 105) ◦ Scanning/Focused Reading (p. 107)
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Chapter 8: An Introduction to Reading Texts ◦ The Reading-Writing Connection (p. 123) ◦ Kinds of Texts (p. 125) ◦ Academic and Non-Academic Writing (p. 126-7)
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Why? Support your own point Disagree with a relevant study Explain a relevant concept or theory Compare/contrast findings with others Include other authors in your “conversation”
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Techniques 1. Summary 2. Precis 3. Paraphrase 4. Direct Quotation 5. Combining Methods
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What it includes: Main ideas or most important points only Use your own words
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When to use it: Main ideas in a paragraph Findings of a study Original is too long to paraphrase or quote How to use it: Part of a sentence or an entire article
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What it includes: Main points of a work Same order Leaves our most sub-points and all detail Your own words ¼ to 1/3 of the original in length
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When to use it: Include another writer’s points in your paper How to use it: (See page 23) Integrate into your writing smoothly
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What it includes: All of the original Your own words Structure changed (if possible)
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When to use it: Refer to material directly relevant to your point How to use it: Small but significant passages
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What it includes: Words and punctuation of the original Quotation marks
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When to use it: Important material Memorably phrased or Difficult to paraphrase How to use it: Integrate grammatically and smoothly. Brackets [ ] and ellipsis (…) when needed.
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Summary ◦ Uses main idea(s) ◦ Uses your own words ◦ Omits detail ◦ Is shorter than original Paraphrase ◦ Includes all the original ◦ Uses your own words ◦ Is about the length of the original
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Direct quotations ◦ Use words of original ◦ Include quotation marks around passage ◦ In general, do not quote directly if you are citing statistics you are giving factual information the passage is easy to summarize or paraphrase ◦ Do quote directly if the words or phrasing is significant the source is authoritative the passage is difficult to summarize or paraphrase
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Combining direct quotations and summary/ paraphrase ◦ Contributes to efficient writing ◦ Stresses significant words Omitting unneeded words in direct quotations ◦ Use three spaced dots (...) to show one or more words omitted ◦ Use four spaced dots to show words omitted to end of sentence
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Use square brackets […] to indicate changes to a direct quotation Adding or changing words ◦ To correct grammar ◦ To make stylistic change ◦ To clarify or add needed information
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Read “Some Summary Writing Strategies” on page 25. Can you think of any other strategies for successful summary writing? Read “Outline to Summary: an Example” on pages 25-27. Is the summary on page 27 successful? Answer the “Review Questions” together on page 28.
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