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How long should a summary be? (in % of the original text)

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To make the reader aware of the dramatic climate situation, Give and Take contains words with negative connotation, e.g.

What must the introduction of a comment contain?

This is how you quote correctly: “I“ (ll. 2, 4, 6,) is an example of a personification in the poem “Give and Take“.

What do you have to write in the main part of the comment?

Which of the following should be avoided in a summary?

„Give and Take“ is a comparably short poem with no specific rhyme scheme to make it easy to understand for the reader.

You always have to quote in your analysis.

This is a correct argumentation: Poetry should be part of the curriculum because it develops student‘s language skills.

The main part of the comment has to follow a certain structure („Sanduhr-Prinzip“ or „PingPong-Prinzip“).

Which beginning of a summary sentence should you NOT choose?

What effect does the author NOT want to achieve through a text?

This is how you quote correctly: An anaphora can be found in the sentences “I give you“ and “You give me“ (l. 1-17).

What aspect can you NOT analyze in a text?

“I“ (ll. 2, 4, 6,) and “you“ (ll. 3, 5, 7,) are personifications in the poem “Give and Take“.

This is how you quote correctly: The words „clean air“ (l. 6) and „acid rain“ (l. 7) are an antithesis example.

What are the 3 steps of analyzing?

The conclusion of you comment should NOT include

A summary has to be written in chronological order.

The analysis task does not require an introductory sentence.

When you offer an argument in your comment, you have to include:

How should you NOT start a sentence in your comment?

The comment (task 3) has the follwoing structure:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an effective summary?

What is the primary purpose of a summary?