(EAPP) Becoming a Critical Reader

• Summarizing and Quoting is writing the gist in your own words usually in 1 paragraph
• in Summarizing and Quoting your only goal is to shorten and simplify the text
• Summarizing and Quoting (Characteristics) concise - short text but substantial. no need to include minor ideas
• Summarizing and Quoting DIRECT QUOTE: (page number and place quotation marks around direct quote)
• (Gass & Varonis, 1984, p.85) - parenthetical citation
• Gass and Varonis (1984) intext citation
• synthesizing is a level higher than summarizing
• synthesizing finds overlapping ideas in various sources
• synthesizing makes sense of text to gain deeper understanding
• synthesizing needs more citation than summary
• synthesizing combines information to provide a unique perspective on the topic
• synthesizing is done by reading sources and looking for common themes, similarities and patterns
• Explanatory: assisting when reading, inform readers
• Argument: to argue or point out a specific claim in light of the papers topic
• (paraphrasing) reword: looking for other words to communicate ideas without having to use the same words
• (Paraphrasing) rearrange: changing order of ideas present in the original text