Text 2. Summary as Part of Different Types of Assigned Reading
By Donna LeCourt, Kate Kiefer, and Stephen Reid.. (1994 - 2012). Summaries. Colorado State University. Retrieved from https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=30.
Active Vocabulary
1. a response or position paper – is a detailed report which usually explains or recommends a particular course of action.
Precise – you use precise to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing, rather than something vague.
4. a restatement – a restatement of something that has been said or written is another statement that repeats it, usually in a slightly different form.
5. an argument – a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view.
6. a proof – is a fact, argument, or piece of evidence which shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists.
7. to boil down to – if you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
8. an annotation – is a note that is added to a text or diagram, often in order to explain it.
9. a thesis – is an idea or theory that is expressed as a statement and is discussed in a logical way.
A claim – is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false.
11. a review –is a report in the media in which someone gives their opinion of something such a new book or film.
12. controversy – is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feeling of anger or disapproval.
13. a dispute – is an argument or disagreement between people or groups.
14. to compose – if you compose something such a letter, poem, or speech, you write it, often using a lot of concentration or skill.
15. an essay – is a short piece of writing on one particular subject that is written by a writer for publication.
16. a draft – is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
As Part of a Response or Position Paper
Many teachers ask students to react in some way to an assigned reading. Typically, such writing assignments include a summary to show that writers understood the original reading. Writers may begin their response or position paper with the summary, or they might work summary into their response. In either case, the summary needs to be clear and distinctive from the response or reaction.
Teachers may also assign summaries as ends in themselves when the articles are complex and teachers need to be sure that everyone understands the points in the assigned readings. Or teachers may assign summaries to help students practice writing accurately and concisely about the subject matter. Sometimes these summaries serve to introduce students to jargon or concepts particular to that discipline.
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Finally, summaries are sometimes written as separate pieces of reference works. Typically called abstracts, these summaries help readers decide if they need/want to read an entire article. (for example, Dissertation Abstracts Internationalor Social Science Abstracts.)
Précis or Nutshell Statement
The English word precise comes from the same root as the French word précis, and the nutshell statement or précis is a precise and concise restatement of the original article's main point. Typically only one or two sentences, the précis or nutshell doesn't aim to capture the details, supporting arguments, or types of proof a longer summary does. Instead, the précis boils down an article to its essential main point. The précis can be a complicated sentence (or two), especially if the main point (otherwise known as the thesis or claim) of the original piece is complex. And a précis can be extremely difficult to write even though it is short because the writer must take great care to capture the complexity of the original main idea. If you write a précis or nutshell statement to summarize an article, be sure to spend enough time revising to make it both clear and accurate.
Sample 1
Buslaev, A.P., Strusinskiy, P.M. (2014). On Qualitative Properties of Incompressible Cluster Flow on the Ring Network. AASRI Procedia, 9, 114 – 122.
Précis
Simulation cluster flow modeling is considered on ring networks. Cluster behavior is investigated in every network, theoretical and numerical results are obtained, theorems and proofs are formulated, program model results are obtained.
Keywords: Cluster; Ring network; Flow; Simulation model.
Sample 2
Bottcher, H., Freibauer, A., Obersteiner M. & Schulze, E.-D. (2008). Uncertaintyanalysis of climate change mitigation options in the forestry sector using agenericcarbon budget model.Ecological Modelling, 213. 45-62.
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Précis
This study presents a generic dynamic forestry model (FORMICA) that can be used to model forest C dynamics and sink potential of landscape forest C pools, as well as from harvested wood products and fossil fuel substitution.
Keywords: A generic dynamic forestry model; Forest C dynamics; Fossil fuel substitution.
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