Study Guide 2 Period Exam

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Summarize-paraphrase-quote
Summarize: to retell the main idea of a text in your own words
 A brief smaller version
 Includes key ideas/ words but doesn’t copies the author’s sentences
 Doesn’t includes your opinion
 May include the title and author
Paraphrase: to rewrite a text in your own words, it includes all of the important
information
 Written in your own words using your own voice and style.
 New/ different sentence patterns
 Ideas can be rearranged
 Must avoid copying ideas/ sentences
 May include the title and author
Quote: to use ideas exactly the way they’re written in the text
 Use quote to support an idea
 Use quotes to answer a question
 Are copied directly from the text
 Includes quotation marks
 Includes citation information to credit the author.
Summary Paraphrase
A brief restatement, in your own words, A precise restatement, in your own
of the content of a passage, focusing words, of the written or spoken words
on the central idea(s). (The central of someone else. A paraphrase can
idea of a passage is often found in the also be thought of as a "clarification" of
topic sentence of a paragraph or in the a "translation" of a complex or difficult
thesis statement of an essay.) passage.
A summary is in your own words, but A paraphrase is in your own words, but
some key words may not be able to be you must change both the words and
changed. However, a summary can the sentence structures of the original
contain brief quotations of significant passage. In addition, a paraphrase
language. can contain brief quotations of
significant language.
A summary does not distort the A paraphrase does not distort the
meaning of the original passage. meaning of the original passage.
A summary can be selective. You can A paraphrase is specific and should
omit ideas that do not pertain to your not be selective. Since a paraphrase
purpose for summarizing as long as normally deals with a very specific
the omission is not a distortion of the portion of a text, the paraphrase
meaning. should include all the elements of that
portion.
A summary is much shorter than the A paraphrase is roughly the same
original passage. length, and even sometimes a bit
longer, than the original passage.
Example:
Sentence: The office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) at Purdue
University is located in Schleman Hall.
Paraphrase: Schleman Hall hosts the ISS office.
Summary: The driver who was pulled over yesterday is not careful because he just
had an accident.
Quote: “The office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) at Purdue
University is located in Schleman Hall.”
Sentence: The cowbird, as well as other species of birds, lays its eggs in another
bird's nest and thus avoids hatching and raising its own young.
Paraphrase: Certain birds, including the cowbird, do not hatch and raise their own
offspring but rather pass on these responsibilities by laying their eggs in other
birds' nests.
Summary: Cowbirds do not hatch or raise their own young.
Quote: “The cowbird, as well as other species of birds, lays its eggs in another
bird's nest and thus avoids hatching and raising its own young.”
Transitional words
When moving from one idea to the next, the change should not be too sudden.
Study the following examples:
 Too sudden: People who lose their temper often become irrational. A wrong
person may be victimized.
 Smoother: People who lose their temper often become irrational. As a result
of this, a wrong person may be victimized.
To avoid sudden changes, you can use transitional words. However, you should not
overuse them. You should them only when needed for clarity.
To signal… Use..
an addition in addition, besides, moreover, also,
furthermore
An example for example, for instance, to illustrate
A summary In conclusion, in summary, in short, in
brief, to sum up, to conclude, all in all,
on the whole
Result so, as a result (of this), therefore,
consequently, thus
Contrast In contrast (to), but, however, on the
other hand, yet, whereas, on the
contrary, nevertheless,
although, even though (despite, in spite

of),
Explanation That is, namely, in other words, that is
to say, to put it in a different way
emphasis Indeed, in fact, truly, as a matter of
fact, actually
purpose So that, in order that, in order to, so as
to.
NOTA:
De ambos temas estudiar actividades en classroom del summmarize-paraphrase-
quote y de las transitional words.
De las transitional words checar páginas 8 y 9 del writting pack que también está
en classrooom.

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