Sorry I can't be in class today, but I hope everyone had a restful break (I did) and is refreshed for this long stretch of school we have ahead of us. Summarizing and paraphrasing are two essential skills you will need for writing the research paper. Today, you will practice them with an article about comics and graphic novels. First, some definitions.
A summary is a text that has significantly reduced in length another text, using your own words while preserving its essential content and meaning. You use a summary when you need to convey the content and meaning of a text to an audience that isn't familiar with it. A paraphrase is a text that you have rewritten in languate appropriate for an audience that might not understand the discourse of the original text because of its jargon or technicalities. It is usually, but not always, slightly shorter than the orignal text. Typically, you paraphrase a passage or sentence that is difficult for your itnended audience to understand.
When you summarize or paraphrase, you must cite the original source, including any page numbers. If you don't, then you will have plagiarized the original text.
Here's what you'll do in class. First, read the handout distributed in class titled "1986: The Year That Changed Comics." (You can also read it online here if you prefer; you'll be able to see images from the comics mentioned in the article.) Second, summarize the article in a well-written paragraph. Third, take a paragraph from the article and paraphrase it. (Be sure to insicate clearly which paragraph you're paraphrasing.) Email these to me (fmontas@mph.net) or handwrite them and turn them in to the coverage teacher. If you have time when you finish these, you can begin (or continue) reading Maus.
Your homework for Wednesday is to write one paragraph (any paragraph) of your research paper. Also, read at least the first fifteen pages of Maus.
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