Assignment: Summary
- Due Mar 24, 2016 at 11:59pm
- Points 35
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Start your summary with one topic sentence (TS) that presents all of the ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. Identify the type of work, title, author, date, and publication (if relevant) and state the writer’s overall claim in your own words.
Start your summary with one topic sentence (TS) that presents all of the ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. Identify the type of work, title, author, date, and publication (if relevant) and state the writer’s overall claim in your own words.
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Describe the author's key claims. Select examples to illustrate the author's argument. Present the gist of the author's argument. Contextualize what you summarize. Use your own words (no more than one full quotation/ 2 woven quotations), but write using "summarizing language." Periodically remind your reader that this is a summary by using phrases such as the article claims, the author suggests, etc. Refer to I Say, They Say templates.
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Pretend the reader has not read the article or book. Prove to the reader that you have read the original text, in its entirety. Do not evaluate the text. You are summarizing, not stating an opinion or arguing a claim (yet.)
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Include one quotation from the original, and be sure it is a very important phrase that is necessary and cannot be paraphrased. In this case put "quotation marks" around the phrase. Cite the quotations correctly: WRITER’S REFERENCE MLA 4-a.
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LABEL EACH SENTENCE. (TS, MP#1, ELAB, MP#2, ELAB, CS) Make sure paragraph is at least 7 sentences, well structured and focuses on 1-2 major points (MP) from the original text, providing elaboration (ELAB) quotations/ reasons/examples/ explanations for each major point.
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MLA Format: 12-point font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins
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Language Usage and Mechanics: Does the assignment exhibit superior control of language, including diction, phrasing, syntactic variety, and an ability to paraphrase accurately? Does the assignment avoid serious errors in mechanics and usage? Is the writing grammatically, spelling and punctuation correct?
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35
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