How_to_Write_a_Book_Report.ppt

HowtoWriteaBookReport WhatIsABookReport WhyWriteABookReport WhattoBeIncludedinABookReport WheretoBegin HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation HowtoConductFurtherResearch HowtoAvoidPlagiarism WhatIsABookReport Abookreport providingbasicinformationaboutthebookAbookreview goingbeyondthebasicstoevaluateandmakemoresubjectiveclaimsaboutthetext squality aresearchpaper whichinvestigatesatopicthroughavarietyofsourcesandtakesapositionwithinasetofclaimsaboutthattopic WhyWriteABookReport toprovethatyouhavecompleted andunderstood theassignedToenhanceyourabilitytoanalyzethestoryandthecharacterstoadditsreader sknowledgebase WhattoBeIncludedinABookReport Who What Where When How Why Itscategory itsmajorplot characters thesis and ormainidea itsstyleExplain Summarize Analyze Evaluate WheretoBegin Author Whowroteit What ifanything doyouknowabouttheauthor PublicationInformation Whenandwherewasitpublished andbywhom Genre Areyoureportingonanovel Abiography Ahistory Title Whatdoesitaccomplishforthebookitself Whatdoesittellyouaboutthebook HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation SummaryYoushouldgointoenoughdetailtomakeclearthatyou vegonebeyondreadingsomeoneelse ssummaryYoushouldmakeyoursummaryconcise clearandeasytounderstandYoushouldusepresenttenseforanoveloraplayorasciencefiction HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation PlotSummary Freytag sPyramid HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation Exposition givesthereaderthebasicinformation thecharacters setting andbasicconflictRisingaction complicatesthebasicconflict presentingthecharacterswithobstaclestoovercomeandothersecondaryconflicts Climax thedramatic oftenexciting pointatwhichthingsbegintochangeforthestoryandthecharacters Fallingaction theresolutionoftheclimax sconflict Denouement theendingofthestory HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation AnalysisWhatdoesthestorytellus Howdoesthebooktellitsstoryormakeitsargument Whattoolsdoesituse Here youmaywanttodiscussthemes motives symbols andotherrhetoricaldevicesthebookuses HowtoMakea n Summary Analysis Evaluation EvaluationWhatdoyouthinkofthisbook Whatmakesitimportant worthwritingareporton orassigningyoutoreporton Wouldyourecommendit orassignit toothers Whatarethefirstfewthingsyouwouldbringupfordiscussionwithsomeoneelse themeritsanddemerits thesocial historical literarysignificance Thestructureofabookreport I IntroductionII SummaryIII AnalysisIV Evaluation HowtoConductFurtherResearch Scholarlysourcesaretheboundjournalsinyourlibrary Theyareoftenpublishedbyuniversitiesorbyuniversitypresses Journalisticsourcesincludemostnewspapersandmagazineswithwhichyou refamiliar Theyarepublishedbyfor profitcorporationsthatacceptadvertising andtheycatertoawiderandlessspecializedaudiencethandoscholarlysources Popularsourcesareusuallyself published Manyblogs termpapersharingwebsites andinternetsourcesfallintothiscategory HowtoConductFurtherResearch DatabasesJSTOR 西文過刊全文庫ProQuestDissertations Theses PQDT 博碩士論文全文數(shù)據(jù)庫 ProQuest LiteratureResourceCenter 文學資源中心 Gale Arts HumanitiesCitationIndex 1983 藝術與人文科學引文索引萬方數(shù)據(jù)資源系統(tǒng)的全文數(shù)字化期刊中國期刊網(wǎng)期刊全文數(shù)據(jù)庫維普全文電子期刊 CNKI 中國知識資源總庫 HowtoAvoidPlagiarism Definitionofplagiarism using borrowing appropriatinganother swork wordsorideas inanywaywithoutacknowledgementorpropercitationconstitutesaninstanceofplagiarismWhendoingresearch documentwithcarefulandprecisenotesAndcarefulcitationwillmakeyourreportamoreusefuldocumenttobothyouandyourreader Citatione g 1 xxx writerpage 用雙引號 第一次原著引用 新批評學者強調詩作為本體的存在 是封閉孤立 自給自足的客觀物 一首詩如同一個 語像 一幅程式化的畫卷 或者像一只 精致的翁 有重量 有體積 也有界定的邊界 Vendler4 Citatione g 2 xxx 89 用雙引號 第二次引用只需頁碼 一般來說 引用原文4行及以上要另起一段 左邊縮進10個字母 除對話外 不用雙引號 ThefollowingaresomequotationsfromoneofBacon sfamousessays Somebooksaretobetasted otherstobeswallowed andsomefewtobechewedanddigested thatis somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts otherstoberead butnotcuriously andsomefewtobereadwholly andwithdiligenceandattention 217 WorksCitede g Vendler HelenHennessy PoetsThinking Pope Whitman Dickinson Yeats Cambridge HarvardUniversityPress 2004 姓 名 書名 斜體 出版城市 出版社 出版年份 e g Porte Joel andSaundraMorriseds TheCambridgeCampaniontoRalphWaldoEmerson Shanghai ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress 2004 說明 一個以上作者 從第二個人起后面姓名不顛倒 主編者 姓名后加ed s e g Smith David MyUniversityDays CollegeComposition JohnPowell ed NY HarvardUniversityPress 2003 18 29 e g Price Richar