TEW ch. 5

Question 1

Summary

Answer 1

a short overview or outline of a longer piece of writing. You can write a summary of a sentence, a paragraph, or an entire essay or report. The summary, written in your own words, must include its main idea(s) and not add anything that isn’t in the original. Always shorter than the original.

Question 2

When to use a summary

Answer 2

use a source’s main idea(s) as background information;
contrast with or support a point of your own (e.g., show how it is similar to or different from the other writer’s position); and
explain the other writer’s position as it relates to your thesis.

Question 3

Signal Phrase

Answer 3

tells your reader that what follows is information you are sharing from another source. Choose a signal verb that reveals whether the writer is explaining or arguing—verbs such as prefer, believe, claimed, and argued suggest that the source is expressing an opinion, whereas says, states, described, and found do not.

Question 4

What needs a in text-citation?

Answer 4

A summary the does not have a signal phase.

Question 5

Extended summary

Answer 5

tells your reader that what follows is information you are sharing from another source. Choose a signal verb that reveals whether the writer is explaining or arguing—verbs such as prefer, believe, claimed, and argued suggest that the source is expressing an opinion, whereas says, states, described, and found do not.
Extended summaries are approximately 10–30 per cent of the length of the original.

Question 6

Paraphrase

Answer 6

usually about the same length as the original work. You normally paraphrase an important part of a text, perhaps a whole paragraph or two. A strict paraphrase is entirely in your own words.

Question 7

Summary purpose

Answer 7

to condense the main ideas of the original while keeping its basic meaning.

Question 8

Paraphrasing purpose

Answer 8

show the audience that you have done enough research to really understand the material you are using to support your ideas.