Here's a link decribing a good writer.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Summary vs Analysis
Summarizing is when you tell what the original writing contains. Summarizing is generally needed in order to analyze the writing. It can sometimes be easy to over summarize. We want to look at the writing styles, information sources and other critical information within the writing during analysis. This information is used to draw conclusions about the author and his or her motives in writing the material. During analysis we can find symbols and hidden meanings behind the main plot of a story. Once we’ve found some backup information for a conclusion we’ve drawn we can make an argument about the writing. In analysis, we can detemine what kind of paper it is. Pursuasive paper, commentary, love novel, etc. This will affect the ways in which we analyse the writing. If its a pursuasive paper, we can study what kind of pursuation is being used. If it's a love story, we can find and learn from the ways the writer is able to draw us in emotionally.
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Here's a link decribing a good writer.
Here's a link decribing a good writer.
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Good post, however, your definition of summarization was a little over summarized. I tend to not summarize enough, while I believe that you may have the opposite tenancy as you seemed to indicate by your statement, “It can sometimes be easy to over summarize.” While I know this is a class composed of adults, or at least young adults, we should still be complete in our definitions. What is considered “understood” and intentionally omitted, may cause confusion for some that do not come as natural to writing, and need the full meaning. I personally am that way with Algebra – when instructors skip over those things that have come to be considered “understood”, I am easily lost, as Algebra does not come naturally for me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, because our brains can just fill in the correct information when we proof read, even though it is wrong in the text, you should consider using your spell check feature in the future. You don't want to loose points for simple mis-spellings in your work: “detemine”, “analyse”, “ Pursuasive” two times, “pursuation”, and “decribing”. For a short post, this was quite a few. Here's an example of the brain's ability to do this – just read it naturally, not looking for errors:
“Arocdnicg to rsceearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm. Tihs is buseace the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.” Source: http://dan.hersam.com/2005/01/27/reading-jumbled-letters/ Can you read this? Most people I've spoke with are surprised that they can.
Your definition of analysis was quite good, and I especially liked your point, “We want to look at the writing styles, information sources and other critical information within the writing during analysis. This information is used to draw conclusions about the author and his or her motives in writing the material.” I missed that point in mine blog post, and you gave me food for thought.
Good post.
Thanks,
Shellie H.