Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Week 3 Paraphrasing & Summarising

Paraphrasing & Summarising

A3.
1) According to David Crystal, Latin was made the global lingua franca under the Roman ruling as the Romans were able to leverage on their power and authority and not their numerical advantage.

2) According to Declan Butler, the new reactors are highly automated and able to self-troubleshoot in the event of contingencies. They must also be easy to operate and efficient. To convince the public who opposes the use of nuclear power, future generation of reactors must reduce radioactive by-product in an environment safe from terrorist attack.

B2.
Commenting on company's performance

B3.
1) Secondary data from the World Bank and the United Nations is used by sociologists to research on indicators affecting the income gap within a country.

2)Latin rose to become a global language when Romans rose to power, and the language continued to be prevalent with the propagation of Roman Catholicism.


C1.
Words that need to be followed by “that”

Allege
Argue
Assert
Believe
Claim

Imply
Insist
Mention
Note
Observed

Say
State
Suggest

Verbs that demonstrate certainty

Assert
Believe
Claim
Imply
Insist

Reporting verb choices

Argue
Assert
Believe
Claim
Comment
Discuss
Mention
Note
Observe
Say
Suggest
Propose
Postulate
Find

C3.
1)Lester (1976) asserts that students should only maje a limited amount of notes in direct quotations in order to minimize the amount of quotes used.


2)Purdue Online Writing Lab (2013) claims that while the first half of the year has been profitable, the next six months are not expected to be as lucrative.

D1.
Facebook users who spend too much time on Facebook devote less time and effort on their studies and as a result suffer poorer grades.

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