Online Writing Lab

General writing tasks in various university courses are summaries of specific articles or journal articles. The purpose of the summary is to explain exactly the key points and important details of this part. In short, you are explaining articles (or other literature) about unread people.

Abstract writing is usually short, but it is not easy. A good summary contains all important aspects of a particular paper so that readers who have not read the original can understand its meaning. Therefore, the most important element of a good summary is the ability to accurately describe the contents of the original article.

To do this you need to be familiar with the work you are trying to summarize. A good summary begins by reading this article over and over in order to fully understand it. Once you have a thorough understanding of the work, it is important to link the paper to the focus of supporting it.

The summary is fairly short and it must be much shorter than the work itself. If the summary is close to the full length of the work, it will only summarize most of the work, not summarize it. If the summary is too short you may have missed some important points. In general, the length of the summary should be about one - third to one - third of the total length of the article summarized. For example, if the article you are trying to summarize is 3 pages, the summary will be about three quarters to one page.

Please do not insert your personal comments into the summary. The first person is not allowed ("I" statement) (if you have one please save it in the response section)

Always include the author's name (full name) and the title of the article or thesis in the first sentence or the second sentence in the foreword paragraph.

After introducing the full name to the author, refer to the author by the last name in the rest of the summary.

Please use direct reference in the text or rehearsal example to support your claim. Interpretation is not merely a reference, it should be kept to a minimum. Please use only the original language which is difficult to interpret as a reference.

When talking about paper and articles, always always capitalize the title and enclose it in quotation marks. Do not use italics. Use italic type only when referring to long works such as books and movies. For example: "Just smile and shake hands." "Just smile and shake hands."

In order to successfully complete this writing, a strong paper statement is needed. Strong paper statements include topics and clearly focused predicates. According to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) of Purdue University, the paper says "to clarify your view, and your view must be controversial" in "concrete" and "detailed" You must ("write"). OWL provides an inference behind the two paper statements, one bad, one good, and the verdict.

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