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WA: Chapter 16

WA: Chapter 16. Summary. Condensing a source’s argument by keeping the main ideas and leaving out details. A summary can be a sentence or paragraph Does not include your opinion Must be written in your words.

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WA: Chapter 16

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  1. WA: Chapter 16

  2. Summary • Condensing a source’s argument by keeping the main ideas and leaving out details. • A summary can be a sentence or paragraph • Does not include your opinion • Must be written in your words

  3. Australian researchers Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever. The Australian Antarctic Division team was tracking blue whales off the coast of Victoria state last month when they spotted the reclusive mammals, which are so rarely seen that no population estimates of the species exist. Voyage leader Michael Double said the black and cream-coloured mammals with prominent dolphin-like beaks had been spotted in the wild only a handful of times through history.

  4. Paraphrase • A paraphrase condenses only a short passage in your own words • The grammatical and sentence structure should be different than that of the original source. • “patchwriting”- patching your words into the sentence structure that someone else has created.

  5. Good paraphrasing means good reading comprehension • If you understand something well enough to rewrite or retell it, then you fully understand it. • You already do this on a regular basis. • What happened at the game last night? • What happened on tv?

  6. Also when you rewrite: • Use substitutions-synonyms or phrases • Rewrite the ideas, not just the words • Simplify complex ideas into less complex ones • Change the order of ideas • Use your own sentence structure and your own writing style

  7. Original: The consumption of wheatgrass in the Western world began in the 1930s as a result of experiments by Charles F. Schnabel and his attempts to popularize the plant • Too Similar: Wheatgrass began to be consumed in the Western world in the 1930’s because Charles F. Schnabel did experiments and attempted to popularize the plant.

  8. Original: The consumption of wheatgrass in the Western world began in the 1930s as a result of experiments by Charles F. Schnabel and his attempts to popularize the plant • Too Different: During the 1930’s, Charles F Schnabel made Western people eat wheatgrass.

  9. Original: If you have constructive ways to make the workplace better, present them in a professional manner. Do not whine or complain excessively. A reputation as a morale-killer can lose you your job. http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-5_ways_to_keep_your_job_during_a_recession-342

  10. Direct Quotes • When you quote, you have to use the authors exact words • You can indicate changes in [ ]. These changes are usually due to grammatical structure • “diet[ing] regularly…” • “They [specify who passage is referring to]

  11. Block quotes • Block quotes are used if your direct quotes is longer than 4 sentences. • Do not use more than two block quotes in your final paper • Block quotes have an introduction followed by a colon • No quotation marks around block quote • Block quote is indented 1 inch on left side • See pg. 376.

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