LAW 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Fables Characters
23 May 2018
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Lecture 4: How to Make a Summary of an Academic Article
Qualities
• Be clear to someone who has not seen the original text
• Ilude all of the autho’s ai poits ut leae out the io details
• Paaphase the autho’s ai poits – no quoting no copying
• Statements are objective (no opinions)
• Be a critical reader
What is a Critical Reader
• It is ot itiis fo its o sake do’t e a doe
• It is communication:
o You are trying to understand it, interpret it for someone else, and respond to a
peso’s argument
5 Steps of Summary
• Read the original text until you understand it. Take notes in margin and look up
ods/oepts ou do’t udestad
• Idetif the autho’s ai aguet
• Idetif the autho’s ost ipotat suppotig poits
• Write the summary from your notes
• Revise and edit for errors and flow
Not About Agreeing
• I do’t at to ko if ou agee o disagee i the sua of thei aguet
• Stay as objective as possible – No I thik… No I agee… util ou get to the last
paragraph
Response
• What is poleati aout the autho’s thesis ad aguet ad hat ou thik of the
contribution to the debate
• What if ou do’t hae a opiio? Go ead soethig else that itiues the issue ad
if it is helpful, use it.
o Use search terms from the paper and add in contrasting words
Summary Structure
• First Paragraph is a summary of the summary (write it last) states main thesis and
supporting argument in 3 sentences (max)
• Second Paragraph – states autho’s thesis ad otetualizes i elatio to issues
• Third-Fifth Paragraph – arguments that support the thesis
• Sixth Paragraph – Response
• Last Paragraph – Summarize
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