EAPP Quiz 2 Reviewer PDF

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES REVIEWER SUMMARIZING DEFINED… An act of reducing a text to one-third or one-quarter its original size, clearly articulating the author’s meaning, and retaining its main ideas. It is a short restatement of the main idea of the...

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES REVIEWER SUMMARIZING DEFINED… An act of reducing a text to one-third or one-quarter its original size, clearly articulating the author’s meaning, and retaining its main ideas. It is a short restatement of the main idea of the text. The output is called a Summary. It involves re-stating a work’s thesis and main ideas “simply, briefly, and accurately”. THE TECHNIQUES IN SUMMARIZING 1. OUTLINE defined… An outline is a snapshot of one’s paper as it captures the important points. An outline is a general plan of the material that is to be presented in a speech or a paper. It is a list of the main points (indicated by Roman numerals) and supporting ideas (indicated by capital and small letters) that the writer intends to discuss in writing. It uses keywords or key phrases instead of complete sentences. An outline is made up of: ▪ The headings represent the main ideas and are indicated by Roman numerals. ▪ The subheadings represent the supporting ideas; they are indicated by capital letters and are indented. Sub-subheadings are the specific details or concrete examples of the supporting ideas. 2. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS defined… Graphic Organizers are a communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationships between them. They are a way to organize information visually to see how ideas relate to one another. Each graphic organizer possesses its own purpose in presenting and organizing information. 3. 5 W’s and 1 H defined… This technique relies on six crucial questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, & How. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details, and main idea. To specify, the questions are: “WHAT”- WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NARRATIVE? WHAT IS THE NARRATIVE ALL ABOUT? “WHO”- WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS ON THE NARRATIVE? “WHY”- WHAT CAUSED THE EVENTS ON THE NARRATIVE? “WHEN”- WHAT’S THE TIME AND YEAR OF THE NARRATIVE? “WHERE”- WHAT’S THE PLACE OF THE NARRATIVE? “HOW”- HOW DID THE NARRATIVE PLAY OUT? LITERARY CRITICISM defined… It carefully examines a text, or one element of a text, such as character, setting, plot or theme of a story. It is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. It utilizes Literary approach in order to get a specific angle of meaning from the text. LITERARY APPROACH defined… They are the body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. Literary theory is a description of the underlying principles, one might say the tools, by which we attempt to understand literature. THE FOUR LITERARY APPROACHES 1. Formalism It compels readers to judge the artistic merit of literature by examining its formal elements, like form and technical skill. It examines the form of the work, the form of each individual part of the text (the individual scenes and chapters), the characters, the settings, the tone, the point of view, the diction, and all other elements of the text which join to make it a single text. FOCUS: THE TEXT AND HOW WAS IT WRITTEN In this approach, there are no interpretations necessary. The critic should evaluate the following contents: ▪ The literary elements ▪ The language used ▪ The literary style 2. Feminism It is concerned with "the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women". A feminist criticism is usually a careful analysis of the feminist issues, represented in the book, which are basically concerned with the images of the female characters and their role in the narrative. It makes usage of the following guide questions: ❖ Who is/are the woman/women in the narrative? ❖ What is the status of the female entity in the narrative? ❖ What are the strengths of the female entity in the narrative? ❖ What are the weaknesses of the female entity in the narrative? ❖ What is the importance/relevance of the female entity in the narrative? 3. Marxism This viewpoint considers particular aspects of the political content of the text; the author; the historical and socio-cultural context of the work. Came from Karl Marx. Focus on the following aspects of the literary work: Determine the Bourgeois (higher class) and the Proletariat (lower class) in the society of the text. How do the characters struggle in their society? What is the dynamic of the Bourgeois (higher class) and the Proletariat (lower class) in the society? What is the connection between the society of the text (the world inside the text) and the reality (the world outside the text)? 4. Reader-Response Criticism The reader-response criticism is rooted in the belief that a reader's reaction to or interpretation of a text is as valuable a source of critical study as the text itself. Any interpretation is acceptable as long as the critic has supporting evidence in order to defend their claim/s.