1. ACADEMIC WRITING Made by Matukhin D.L. Associate Prof. EEI TPU TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

2. CONTENTS SUMMARY ABSTRACT ANNOTATION

3. WHAT’S S WHAT’S SUMMARY? Pick out the key issues in a written paper; Link the ideas up in your own text.

4. SUMMARY IN NUMBERS 1/3 of the original paper; Reduced quantity of sentences; Information compressed (e.g. cut out useless information, reduce a sentence to phrase, use subordinate clauses, link ideas by comma)

5. SUMMARY TECHNIQUES Skim the original text; Identify the key ideas when reading; Take notes of the ideas; Make up sentences out of the notes; Start summary with general message; Link the sentences into text; Re-read the text to check it out.

6. ABSTRACT PROPERTIES Brief, gives chief points only; 3-10 times less than original; Requires: 1. Laconic language style; 2. Specific terminology; 3. No data, tables, numbers.

7. WHAT TO START WITH? Read the text; Divide it into several tense parts; Point out the main ideas in each; Enumerate problems discussed, author’s assumptions and conclusions.

8. WRITING AN ABSTRACT Point out: Headline; Author’s full name; Main idea; Peculiarities; Key words; Conclusion; Recommendations for those who may be interested.

9. ANNOTATION Adds notes to the text; Explains difficulties; Gives opinions and comments; is a new version of text where special constructions and various connectives are used

10. TO WRITE AN ANNOTATION Read text at least twice; Underline some facts, details; Determine solutions of main objectives; Find necessary section, sentence; Choose data concerning definite issue; Add it to the facts you know; Analyze facts of other similar articles.

11. STEPS BY STEP Read, underline, highlight, comment; Formulate the thesis statement; Reread a selection, divide into sections; Summarize each section; Write first draft of annotation; Check it against original for accuracy; Link sections with transitional words or phrases.

12. REFERENCES 1. www.ece.cmu.edu 2. www.enotes.com 3. www.findhow.com 4. www.gmu.edu 5. www.library.cornell.edu

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