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1/29/14. Review Diamond Summary and Paraphrase BA2 Due next class. Jared Diamond: “An Ethnobiologist’s Dilemma. Audience? Purpose?. What is summary?.

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  1. 1/29/14 Review Diamond Summary and Paraphrase BA2 Due next class

  2. Jared Diamond: “An Ethnobiologist’s Dilemma • Audience? • Purpose?

  3. What is summary? • A condensed version of a text’s main points written in your own words, conveying the author’s main ideas but eliminating supporting details. • Identify the text’s main ideas • State them in your own words • Omit supporting details • Objective • Shorterthan original • Ideas don’t have to be in the same order

  4. Summary Samples – imdb.com • In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. • During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. • A classic fairytale, with swordplay, giants, an evil prince, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).

  5. Summary • Especially effective when: • The source directly supports your thesis, presents ideas you will analyze, or offers a position you wish to argue; • The source offers important background information • You need to provide readers with an overview of the whole argument before analyzing particular ideas • You want to condense and clarify information from a source • Chart on page 125

  6. Paraphrase • State all of a passage’s information in your own words. • Always restates the main points in the same order. • About the same length as the original. • You can’t just substitute synonyms: plagiarism. • Do not follow sentence structure closely. • Must show your own thought pattern and interpretation of the text.

  7. Paraphrase • Useful when you have a smaller chunk of text you want to work with, but you don’t need to quote word for word, or the text is too long to quote word for word. • Chart on page 125

  8. Examples

  9. Group Work • Get together into groups of 4 to 6. Write a summary of Diamond and a paraphrase of paragraph 3 on page 561: “The next year…”

  10. BA2 • The four following articles are listed in Ch. 12. For the summary, pick one (or one your instructor specifies. • **Although it lists four, you are only familiar with 3. This is fine; ignore Birkerts. Pick the one you think you are most likely to write your RA over. • After your summary, paraphrase one paragraph from the same text. • On the next slide are the paragraphs you have to pick from. • DO: write both from the same text. • DO: identify which is the summary and which is the paraphrase. • DO: Identify which text you have chosen. • Due: Monday by midnight

  11. Paraphrase for BA2 • Stephen Budiansky: • Paragraph 17: “One thing demonstrated by all of this effort…” • Scott Jaschik: • Paragraph 19: “Several of the speakers…” • Tina Rosenberg: • Paragraph 5: “And yet, N’Ko was invented…”

  12. What We’ll Be Looking For: • Text, summary, and paraphrase to be clearly identified. • Summary and paraphrase to show awareness of the context in which it was written. • References to source material to be clear and accurate. • Overall tone, style, grammar, etc. • Penalties: • Paraphrasing the wrong paragraph: 50 pts. • Incorrect citation: no penalty for ONLY this BA.

  13. Due next class: • From textbook, read: • Ch. 4, pages 67-77 • St. Martin’s: “Reading and Writing about Text”(at the very bottom) • Make sure to pay special attention to the “Guide for Active Reading” section and perhaps review pg. 38 from the textbook as you annotate the text you will be working with for the rest of the semester. • Familiarize yourself with rhetorical choices.

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