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How to summarise a text in english…
The smart way…
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Where to start??
Don’t waste your time on aspects of the text that are
not relevant
to the “topic” or module you’re doing
You should look for evidence from each of your texts which fit with the
ideas and focus of your “topic” or module.
Your summary / research / analysis of a text is as simple as
1,
2
,
3!
1 = locate
2 = select
3 = organise
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For example – imagine that your topic in English is called “perceptions of power and authority”
You will “study” (not just
read)
the set-text to find
all the different ways
that
“POWER AND AUTHORITY”
is shown in:
THE CHARACTERS
– who is powerful? Who is powerless?
THE EVENTS
– which show power over powerlessness?
THE SETTING
– how does the setting(s) cause the powerful groups to stay powerful? Does the setting keep group powerless?
THE OPINIONS OF THE COMPOSER
- about those in power and those who are powerless?
THE RESPONSES FROM THE RESPONDER
– how do you (and others) in different times and places feel about the perceptions of “power and authority” shown in the set text?
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Perception = insight
– view – opinion – attitude –
awareness
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locate
Get some
post-it notesCopy each of the main ideas about your topic onto separate post-it notes
The characters – who is powerful? Who is powerless?The events – which show power over powerlessness?The setting – how does the setting(s) cause the powerful groups to stay powerful? Does the setting keep group powerless? The opinions of the composer - about those in power and those who are powerless?The responses from the responder – how do you (and others) in different times and places feel about the perceptions of “power and authority” shown in the set text?
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As you study / explore your text… locate the best-matched quotation (in your text) to fit your different post-its “post” each post-it note on the evidence you have located – in the text itself.
locate
Your English novels, poetry, non-fiction and even your visual texts should be filled with post it notes!
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SELECT
How are the character’s perceptions about Power and Authority shown?
How is society’s perception of power manipulated by the composer
How do language features show people in power?
Pg # __
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The following pages have some examples (from the English Syllabus) which could be written as headings (statements) for each of your post-it notes. There are many more headings (statements) that you could use– depending on the focus of your task / topic / module.
SELECT
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The SELECT step is the tricky bit! You have to decide which are the best “headings” you need on your post-itsYou choose your “post-it” headings – depending on your assessment task question. Don’t over-do the headings – too many headings will mean too many chances to miss the whole point of your assessment taskJust stick to the ideas that you need – the right “headings” will match the ideas in your assessment task – and you will succeed!
SELECT
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You will look for… Personal context – identity / being / individuality / appearance / hobbies Cultural context – customs / leisure activities / work ethicHistorical context – time and place / political era / war:peace / pre:post colonialSocial context – rich : poor / educated : uneducated / social status / manners / language style / leisure activities / appearance
HOW ARE DIFFERENT
PERCEPTIONS
ABOUT
POWER AND AUTHORITY
SHOWN IN THE TEXT?
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You will look for close and/or distant relationships among:People Places Groups Communities The larger world
HOW DOES YOUR TEXT SHOW ATTITUDES ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY GROWING FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN SOCIETY:
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Does your text explore
the possibility of
those in power and authority
improving
a community or
group?
Does it show the idea that those in power
break-down
a community or group?
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DOES YOUR TEXT EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO CHALLENGE (AND OPPOSE) THE POWERFUL COMMUNITY OR GROUP?
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Do different
narrative voices (characters)
reveal
different perspectives
about power and authority in
different places
over a period of
time
.
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DOES YOUR TEXT REPRESENT:
AN
INDIVIDUAL’S CHOICE NOT TO BE
IN A POSITION OF POWER OR AUTHORITY?
BARRIERS WHICH PREVENT
AN INDIVIDUAL’S
CHOICE
TO BE IN A POSITION OF POWER OR AUTHORITY?
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HOW DOES YOUR TEXT
SHOW THAT VIEWS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY CAN BE CREATED THROUGH A VARIETY OF:
LANGUAGE MODES – written /spoken/visual
FORMS –
free-verse / autobiographical / fiction
FEATURES –
metaphors / imagery / etc…
STRUCTURES –
verse / prose /
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THE RESPONDER
EXPERIENCES AND UNDERSTANDS
THE IDEAS ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY BY:
relating
to the text
being separated
from the text
understanding the world that the text represents
having no understanding of the world that the text represents
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RESPONSES TO YOUR
TEXT ARE PREJUDICED (biased) BY THE WAYS
DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS
ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY ARE:
given a voice, or
absent from the text
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example
– Wild Cat Falling* By MudroorooHOW DOES Wild Cat Falling* SHOW ATTITUDES ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY in DIFFERENT GROUPS IN SOCIETY:
“…pay good cash to see the glorious fakery of blown up life from the United States of Utopia…” (Wild Cat Falling, Mudrooroo) Hyperbole / Sarcasm / Imagery / personal contextMocks the stereotype that in the USA – everything is bigger and better!The persona’s cynical attitude positions the audience to challenge (oppose) the powerful influence of US culture in Australia
Mudrooroo uses hyperbole, sarcasm and imagery in “…pay good cash to see the glorious fakery of blown up life from the United States of Utopia…” to show the persona’s cynical attitude towards the powerful influence of the US culture in contemporary Australia.
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example
– Wild Cat Falling* By MudroorooHOW DOES Wild Cat Falling* SHOW ATTITUDES ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY in DIFFERENT GROUPS IN SOCIETY:
“…
pay good cash to see the glorious fakery of blown up life from the United States of Utopia…” (Wild Cat Falling, Mudrooroo) Hyperbole / Sarcasm / Imagery / personal contextMocks the stereotype that in the USA – everything is bigger and better!The persona’s cynical attitude positions the audience to challenge (oppose) the powerful influence of US culture in Australia
Mudrooroo uses hyperbole, sarcasm and imagery in “…pay good cash to see the glorious fakery of blown up life from the United States of Utopia…” to show the persona’s cynical attitude towards the powerful influence of the US culture in contemporary Australia.
