Writing Academic English 4th Edition

RRACTICE 6

UsingSummaries
asSupport

Review.............

Chapter 8 I ParaphraseandSummary 141

SomepeoplesaythatEnglishiseasytolearn,butdifficulttomaster.Writea

paragraphinwhichyouagreewiththisstatement.

Step 1 Beginwitha cleartopicsentence.

Step 2 Supportyourtopicsentencewithasummary-ora partofa

summary-thatyouwroteinPractice5.Ifyouwish,includeexamples

fromyourownknowledgeandexperience.

Step 3 Addanin-textcitationattheendofeachpieceofsummmized

informationyouuse.

Thesearetheimportantpointsyoushouldhavelearnedfromthischapter.

1.Inacademicwliting,youareexpectedtouseinformationfromoutside

sourcestosupportyourideas.Inadditiontousingquotations,)'.Oumayalso

usepm"aphrasesandsummmies.

• Paraphrase:Rewritetheauthor'smeaninginyourownwords.Includeall
  oralmostalloftheideasthatareintheoriginal.Changethesentence
  stmctureandsubstitutesynonymswherepossibletoavoidplagiarizing.


• Summary:Condensea writer'swordsandsummarizethemainideasinas
  fewofyourownwordsaspossible.

2. KeepinmindthattheU.S.systemofeducationvaluesstudents'original
   thinkingandwriting.Useoutsidesourcestosupportyourownideas.Don't
   writea paperthatcontainsonlytheideasofothers.


3. Don'tjustdropa paraphraseorsummaryintoyourpaper.Maleethe
   connectionbetweentheborrowedinformationandyourideaclear.


4. Documentyoursourcestoavoidplagiarizingandtohelpthereaderfindthe
   sourcesofyourinformation.