Write a Summary on Should We Live Together? Writing assignment
The is 1 attached word doc that is an example of what the teacher is looking for. There is also a pdf of the article that needs to be summarized. Please view both and the below remarks from the teacher.
Read and summarize this somewhat long article by David Popenoe & Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. This type of article is called a "lit review," that is, it is a comprehensive review of the research literature on the topic at the time it was written (and, because its purpose is to answer a question, it is very much like your Paper 1 assignment). It was published by The Marriage Project which was situated at Rutgers University in New Jersey but is now located at the University of Virginia. Your summary, for which you have been alloted up to two pages, is to be in MLA format,
Here is a tip: While the maximum length of this informative summary is two pages, it is recommended that you target two pages, not less. If a student turns in a summary which is, say, only one page, then it is safe to say that some of thearticle's main ideas or key details have been omitted. Yes, an informative summary is to be succinct, but it is also to beaccurate and comprehensive.
- Not including a heading and a header. At the top left of the first page, include your name, the instructor’s name, the course number and its section number, and the date.
- Not including a title. The easiest thing to write would be Summary of “Should we live together?” By the way, the title is simply placed in the center. It is not underlined or italicised, in bold, enclosed in quotes, or in a larger or different font.
- Giving more attribution than necessary. Remember, when writing a single-source summary, you need not remind the reader again and again who wrote it. Clearly mentioning the source once at the beginning frees you from having to include signal phrases throughout the body. (In most research writing, however, because you would be incorporating MULTIPLE sources, you WOULD mention the authors every time you mention something they said so your readers know without a doubt what part of the writing comes from Author A, what part comes from you, and what parts come from Author B, etc.)
- Writing descriptive overview rather than informative summary. Don’t simply mention the topics; give your reader the actual informational content, in shorter form. Don’t tell your reader what the author did; rather, give your reader the author’s content.
- Inserting commentary. Your opinion has no place in these informative summary exercises. Note how this differs from what you would do in most essays. In fact, that is the main purpose of these assignments—to give you structured practice in writing objectively, without commenting on the content, and without letting your own views show. The ability to be that objective in your writing is a skill that will serve you well in the future. So, limit yourself to the author’s content.
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More things to help you.....
What
How
Why
1st Para. Intro/title/author/ about the author=what are their credentials
- 1-2 sentences = summarize the what
- purpose
- argument
Body Para How is the What communicated?
Body Para (last one) Why- does this text matter to other scholars?
Specifics:
- Did you name the authors and the publication?
- Did you state the year it appeared?
- Did you include the main ideas and any key details (the WHAT, HOW, and WHY)?
- Did you meet the length specifications?
- Did you include a Works Cited section at the end?
- Did you a) use 12-point Times New Roman font, b) set the margins for 1” all around, c) double space, and d) remove any extra spacing between paragraphs?
How did you cite the article? In this case, there would be several options:
1. You could cite it as coming from the course web page, which is where you got it. This is the easiest, and it is accurate. Unfortunately, it is the least useful way to cite it because the page is password protected. That doesn’t help anyone outside the class.
2. If The National Marriage Project is online, and the paper is still posted there, you could cite it as from there.
3. You could Google it and perhaps find it somewhere else on the Web, where your reader could access it.
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