LESSON 6 - Ways of Condensing Texts

Question 1

• It is a process wherein we condensed a text into a shorter form.
  2. Getting only the most important parts of the material.
  3. Normally one-third in length of the original text.

Answer 1

Summarizing

Question 2

Steps in Writing a Summary:

Answer 2

Identify the sections of the text.
Distinguish between major and minor details.
Remove minor details and examples.
Pay attention to transition words.
Re-order the ideas as needed.
Reserve your opinions.

Question 3

Summary Checklist:

Answer 3

Write in full sentences.

Shorten the original text.

Use your own words and sentence
structure.

Maintain the author’s intent.

Question 4

• Paraphrasing entails the use of rewording and rephrasing of the original text.
  2. The rewording and rephrasing are done to achieve clarity of the text.
  3. A paraphrased material in usually the same length as the original text.

Answer 4

Paraphrasing

Question 5

is an ‘author/date’ system, so your in-text references for all formats (book, journal article, web document) consists of the author(s) surname and year of publication.

Answer 5

APA 7th Edition

Question 6

Citing Your Paper (In-text Citation):

Answer 6

Narrative Citation
Parenthetical Citation

Question 7

Four Components in citing References:

Answer 7

Author
Date
Title
Source

Question 8

-could be an individual, multiple people, or
an organization.
-who is responsible for creating the work?

Answer 8

Author

Question 9

when was the work published?

Answer 9

Date

Question 10

what is the work called?

Answer 10

Title

Question 11

where can the work be retrieved?

Answer 11

Source

Question 12

At the end of the paper in a section called

Answer 12

References

Question 13

Journal title, you need to include two title:

Answer 13

The title of the article
The title of the journal.