EAPP (Summarizing and Thesis Statement) Flashcards
It is a brief statement or restatement of main points.
Summary
______________- a text, or distilling its essential concepts into a paragraph or two, is a useful study tool as well as good writing practice.
Summarizing
TWO AIMS OF A SUMMARY
1 - To reproduce the main idea and the key points of a text.
#2 - To restate these in as few words as possible.
It is the topic of the text
Main Idea
Arguments used to explain the main idea.
Key Points
T or F:
You can add your opinion in the summary.
False
T or F:
Do not quote extensively.
True
T or F:
Avoid plagiarism.
True
T or F:
Use quotation marks to indicate copied key terms.
True
T or F:
Summarizing helps students learn to identify key ideas of a text and ignore irrelevant information.
True
T or F:
Summarizing does not improves students’ memory for what they read and by extension comprehension.
False
T or F:
Summarizing improves students’ memory for what they read and by extension comprehension.
True
T or F:
By learning and practicing how to summarize, one can develop reading comprehension and short-term retention of information.
False
T or F:
It is also an effective tool to self-evaluate what they understood and what they do not.
True
_______ is what the text is about while ________ are arguments or information that is used to support the _________. Also, it may be developed or elaborated with supporting details.
Main Idea
Keypoints
Main Idea
T or F:
Another important thing you must remember is that summaries are not a place for your opinions, background knowledge and personal information.
True
TECHNIQUES IN SUMMARIZING A TEXT
RULE 1: READ THE ORIGINAL PASSAGE OR TEXT VERY CAREFULLY.
RULE 2: HIGHLIGHT OR UNDERLINE WHAT YOU TAKE TO BE THE MAIN POINT OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT, OR MAKE NOTES IN THE MARGINS OR ON ANOTHER SHEET OF PAPER.
RULE 3: WHEN SUMMARIZING AN ENTIRE ESSAY, OUTLINE THE WRITER’S ARGUMENT.
RULE 4: NOW TELL YOUR AUDIENCE WHAT THE ORIGINAL SOURCE ARGUED.
RULE 5: ASK THE FOLLOWING FRAMEWORK QUESTIONS:
A. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA?
B. WHAT ARE THE CRUCIAL DETAILS NECESSARY FOR SUPPORTING THE IDEAS?
RULE 6: USE KEY WORDS OR PHRASES TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN POINTS FROM THE TEXT.
RULE 7: YOU CAN ALSO SUMMARIZE A READING TEXT BY GETTING THE MAIN EVENTS AND ARRANGING THE EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
T or F:
TS- It is a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.
True
T or F:
It is the road map of the readers on what to expect in the whole paper.
True
T or F:
It is the not the central idea of the paper which may be found in the introduction that consists of 30-40 words.
false; central idea
T or F:
It is the central idea of the text.
True
T or F:
A strong thesis statement usually contains an element of uncertainty, risk, or challenge, meaning that it should offer a debatable claim that can be proven or disproved in the essay.
True
T or F:
An effective thesis statement is not just a statement of fact or a description of a topic. Instead, it describes for the reader what the particular position of the writer is on an issue, or his/her interpretation of the significance of a particular idea.
True
T or F:
It is important that a thesis statement is too general because the writer will not have enough space to cover every possible aspect of the thesis statement
False
