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MODULE 4 (Summarizing to Synthesizing) Flashcards

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A concise overview of a text’s main points in your own words

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Summary

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It is always much shorter than the original text.

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Summary

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How much shorter is a Summary compared to the original text

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It is shorter by 15 to 20 Percent

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What are the 5 Qualities of a Good Summary:

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Comprehensive
Brief
Accurate
Neutral
Independent

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Conveys all important information

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Comprehensive

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Conveys information concisely

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Brief

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Correctly conveys the author’s idea

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Accurate

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Avoids arguments concerning concerning the text’s topic

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Neutral

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It makes sense to someone who has not read the source text.

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Independent

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Steps in writing a good Summary (5)

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Read the text

Break it down to sections

Identify the key points in each section

Write the summary

Check the summary against the article

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What are the 3 Reporting Verbs of a Summary:

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Neutral
Tentative
Strong

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Verbs used to say what the writers describes in factual terms

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Neutral

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Tentative

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Strong

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What are the Parts of Summary (3)

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Opening Section

Body

Conclusion

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it contains the title, author, some publication information, and main idea of the original text

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Opening Section

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Presents in your own words the author’s supporting points for the thesis statement

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Body

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It restates the Main Idea

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Conclusion

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Restating the materials in your own words with all of its IDEAS in the original text.

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Paraphrasing

20
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It may be longer than the original

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Paraphrasing

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What are the Qualities of a Good Paraphrasing (4)

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Thorough
Accurate
Fair
Objective

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Includes all of the author’s primary ideas

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Thorough

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Reflects what the author actually wrote.

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Accurate

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uses carefully chosen or indiscriminative words

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Fair

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Avoids stating own opinion on the topic of the Source text.

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Objective

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What are the 3 Paraphrasing Strategies?

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Changing Words

Changing Sentence Structures

Combining/Splitting Sentences

27
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Put pieces together to see them in a new way

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Synthesizing

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What are the Key Features of a Synthesized text (3)

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Combines Information from the multiple sources

Includes analysis of the combined Information

Emphasizes similarities and differences among the information from different sources

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