eapp : midterms

Summary

Process of distilling the text’s essential concepts into a paragraph or two.

Summary

Reduces the text but keeps important points.

Not the same as paraphrasing.

Previewing

Orienting yourself to what you need from the text before reading it fully.

Previewing

Become familiar with the text’s content in advance.

Skimming

Deliberately skipping detailed parts to focus on main ideas.

Skimming

Identify the most important parts to achieve your reading goal.

Scanning

Looking quickly for a particular fact, figure, or subject in the text.

Scanning

Find specific information related to your research quickly.

Paraphrasing

Restating a text, passage, or work in another form using your own words.

Usually as long as the original text.

Direct Quoting

Using part of a source word-for-word.

Must be enclosed in quotation marks with proper citation.

Citing Sources

_____ is a way to give credit to authors, scientists, and researchers whose work you used in your paper. It acknowledges their intellectual contribution and allows readers to locate the original sources.

American Psychological Association

APA stands for?

APA

Used in education, psychology, economics, and other social sciences.

APA

In-text citation format: (Author’s last name, year, p. page number)

APA

(Tan, 2013, p. 10)

APA

(Tan & Johnson, 2013, p. 10)

APA

(Tan et al., 2013, p. 10)

Modern Language Association

MLA stands for?

MLA

Used in literature, arts, and humanities.

MLA

In-text citation format: (Author’s last name page number) without a comma.

MLA

Example (one author): (Santos 87)

MLA

Example (two authors): (Ocampo and Andres 85)

MLA

Example (more than three authors): (Ocampo et al. 85)

Chicago/Turabian

Often used in business, history, fine arts, and physical/natural sciences.

Chicago

In-text citation format: (Author year, page)

Chicago

Example: (Atienza 2018, 45)

1. To give proper credit to the original authors.

2. To avoid plagiarism.

3. To help readers find and verify your sources.

4. To make your work more credible and trustworthy.

Why do we need to cite sources?

APA

Author’s last name, initials. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.

MLA

Author(s). “Title of article.” Title of journal, vol. number, year, pages.

Chicago

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of page.” Website name. Year. URL.

250-750 words

Reaction paper, review paper, and critique paper are specialized forms of writing where an author reviews or evaluates a subject.

Length: _____

With evidence

Reaction paper, review paper, and critique paper are specialized forms of writing where an author reviews or evaluates a subject.

Length: 250–750 words

Contains summaries and opinions _____

• Share an opinion

• Give thoughts

• Inform

• Encourage

Purposes of these forms

Scholarly works

_____ – academic books, researches, articles

Works of art

_____ – literary texts, plays, films, dance, exhibits, sports.

Graphic designs

_____ – posters, commercials, digital media.

Designs

_____ – buildings, furniture, fashion.

Introduction

Title or name of the subject

Author/creator

Date made

Basic information about the subject

Body

Summary: explains what the subject is.

Evaluation: presents your judgment of the subject (literary criticism).

Summary

_____ : explains what the subject is.

Evaluation

_____ - presents your judgment of the subject (literary criticism).

Conclusion

Overall impression of the work

Final judgment on value, significance, or improvement suggestions

Reaction paper

• Presents a personal response to something seen, heard, read, or experienced

• Focused on personal appreciation

• Can be written by anyone

• Expresses personal judgment

Review paper

• Gives an objective judgment

• Highlights both strengths and weaknesses

• Offers informed judgment to the audience

• Written by knowledgeable people in the field

Critique paper

• Most academic and detailed evaluation among the three

• Written by experts in the field

• Analyzes and evaluates components of a work

• Aims to provide direction for future improvements

Critique

• A critical assessment of a work or text

• Uses formal language and a clear structure (Introduction, Body, Conclusion)

• May include the writer’s opinions, supported by evidence

Study

_____ - Understand the work thoroughly, identify the main idea, find key evidence, note connections to broader issues.

Content

_____ - Check topic relevance, development, and sufficiency of evidence.

Organization

_____ - Look at structure, flow, beginning and ending.

Style

_____ - Observe tone, word choice, and formality.

Correctness

_____ - Check grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Introduction

Name/title of the subject, author/creator, date created

Main idea or purpose of the work

Context of the work and relation to creator’s experience

Concluding sentence hinting at the evaluation

Body

Summary – Shorter than evaluation, restates main points briefly

Critical evaluation – Longest section, discusses details, strengths, weaknesses, and success in meeting purpose; supports claims with other sources

Summary

_____ – Shorter than evaluation, restates main points briefly.

Critical evaluation

_____ – Longest section, discusses details, strengths, weaknesses, and success in meeting purpose; supports claims with other sources.

Conclusion

Restates overall evaluation

Summarizes key points from the evaluation

Gives recommendations for improvement or readership