ENGL 1101 Study Set
Academic Summary - Answer- academic summary - identify and express most
important ideas of an article.
why important? - *see what others have seen about a topic, and help take a poistion
yourself.
*helps truly understand what you are reading - ability to condense the information
while preserving the
gist of the meaning of the article.
*Summaries allow to manage your sources when comes time to write own research
paper.
*Demonstrates that on one hand academic writing involves relying heavily on
sources, and on other hand
contribute own knowledge to a topic.
academic summary steps(4):
1) Reading to understand
*active reading - actively engaged in reading process(reading with a purpose). use
pencil to underlight or highlight
important ideas/arguments.
*Reading for context - who is author(authority?); what publication, and what type of
publication?;
why was it written? ; when was it written?
*Reading for content - what is the larger topic that is being discussed?;
what are the author main arguments and ideas around the topic?; creating a map of
the key points.
2)Filtering the information
*Distinguising the essential information from supporting detail.
*Creating a reverse outline of the article(topic/main idea/key points(function/content))
- work backwards from the article to produce what the author may
have used as an outline of the main ideas. Each key point has function and content.
3) Writing the summary
*Consider the writing style of the summary: Want to keep paragraphs short; focusing
on the main ideas/arguments,
moving from point to point to represent the logical development of the argument;
use formal academic language; avoid large chunks of direct quotes;
*language of attribution - while writing in own words, will need to attribute the
ideas/arguments as having come
from the author; use attributive verbs, subjective or objective depe
Critical Comparison - Answer- *Critical comparison essay - compares and contrasts
what two authors have said about the same topic;
considers why does each writer take the position they do? - what assumptions do
they make about a topic, and how
do these assumptions affect their claims and ideas about that topic?
Academic Summary - Answer- academic summary - identify and express most
important ideas of an article.
why important? - *see what others have seen about a topic, and help take a poistion
yourself.
*helps truly understand what you are reading - ability to condense the information
while preserving the
gist of the meaning of the article.
*Summaries allow to manage your sources when comes time to write own research
paper.
*Demonstrates that on one hand academic writing involves relying heavily on
sources, and on other hand
contribute own knowledge to a topic.
academic summary steps(4):
1) Reading to understand
*active reading - actively engaged in reading process(reading with a purpose). use
pencil to underlight or highlight
important ideas/arguments.
*Reading for context - who is author(authority?); what publication, and what type of
publication?;
why was it written? ; when was it written?
*Reading for content - what is the larger topic that is being discussed?;
what are the author main arguments and ideas around the topic?; creating a map of
the key points.
2)Filtering the information
*Distinguising the essential information from supporting detail.
*Creating a reverse outline of the article(topic/main idea/key points(function/content))
- work backwards from the article to produce what the author may
have used as an outline of the main ideas. Each key point has function and content.
3) Writing the summary
*Consider the writing style of the summary: Want to keep paragraphs short; focusing
on the main ideas/arguments,
moving from point to point to represent the logical development of the argument;
use formal academic language; avoid large chunks of direct quotes;
*language of attribution - while writing in own words, will need to attribute the
ideas/arguments as having come
from the author; use attributive verbs, subjective or objective depe
Critical Comparison - Answer- *Critical comparison essay - compares and contrasts
what two authors have said about the same topic;
considers why does each writer take the position they do? - what assumptions do
they make about a topic, and how
do these assumptions affect their claims and ideas about that topic?
