10 Questions
What is the key difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?
Summarizing includes all the details from the original text while paraphrasing focuses only on the main points.
What is the purpose of exemplification as a pattern of development?
To represent the general statement and provide specific concrete examples
In what way does the description pattern of development differ from exemplification?
It arranges ideas by location or physical space
What action can lead to legal consequences?
Copying information from a website into your project without proper credit.
When should you summarize a text according to the provided information?
To avoid using direct quotations and present the main idea in your own words.
Which pattern of development focuses on organizing ideas based on cause and effect?
Cause and Effect
How does the pattern of persuasion differ from the pattern of summarizing?
Persuasion aims to show how evidence leads to a logical conclusion, while summarizing rephrases the original text.
What does paraphrasing involve based on the information provided?
Changing a few words in a sentence while keeping the original structure intact.
How does direct quoting differ from summarizing and paraphrasing?
Direct quoting presents an exact copy of part of the original text with proper citation.
What is the key issue associated with plagiarism?
Presenting someone else's work as your own
Study Notes
Understanding Plagiarism
- Plagiarism involves borrowing an idea without proper attribution or copying information from a website without credit.
- It is punishable by law under Section 217 of R.A. No. 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code.
Ways to Avoid Plagiarism
- Summarizing: putting main ideas into your own words, including only the main points.
- Paraphrasing: rewriting a passage from a source in your own words.
- Direct Quoting: exact copying of words from a source, usually a short part of the text.
Summarizing
- Useful for summarizing long texts like a chapter or book, or a paragraph or entire essay.
- Helps avoid or minimize direct quotation by using the main idea of the text and rewriting in your own words.
- Tips for summarizing: avoid copying the source, use your own words, focus on main ideas.
Patterns of Development
- Definition: clarifies ideas by answering "what does it mean?"
- Exemplification: organizes ideas, providing specific examples to clarify points or arguments.
- Description: provides details on an idea using sensory or spatial patterns, or arranges ideas by location.
- Chronology/Procedure/Listing: organizes ideas or events chronologically according to time.
- Cause and Effect: organizes details based on causes and results.
- Compare and Contrast: organizes ideas based on similarities and differences.
- Persuasion: organizes ideas to show how evidence leads to logical conclusions, involving issue, position, and supporting evidence.
Learn about different patterns of development in writing, including exemplification and description. Understand how these patterns help to clarify ideas and make a text easier to follow and comprehend.
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