HowtoWriteaBookReport.ppt

howtowriteabookreport,jan.2011,whatisabookreport?whywriteabookreport?whattobeincludedinabookreport?wheretobegin?howtomakea(n)summary/analysis/evaluation?howtoconductfurtherresearch?howtoavoidplagiarism,whatisabookreport?,abookreport:providingbasicinformationaboutthebookabookreview,goingbeyondthebasicstoevaluateandmakemoresubjectiveclaimsaboutthetextsquality.aresearchpaper,whichinvestigatesatopicthroughavarietyofsourcesandtakesapositionwithinasetofclaimsaboutthattopic,whywriteabookreport?,toprovethatyouhavecompleted,andunderstood,theassignedtoenhanceyourabilitytoanalyzethestoryandthecharacterstoadditsreadersknowledgebase,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,summaryyoushouldgointoenoughdetailtomakeclearthatyouvegonebeyondreadingsomeoneelsessummaryyoushouldmakeyoursummaryconcise,clearandeasytounderstandyoushouldusepresenttenseforanoveloraplayorasciencefiction,howtomakea(n)summary/analysis/evaluation,plotsummary,freytagspyramid,howtomakea(n)summary/analysis/evaluation,exposition:givesthereaderthebasicinformation:thecharacters,setting,andbasicconflictrisingaction:complicatesthebasicconflict,presentingthecharacterswithobstaclestoovercomeandothersecondaryconflicts.climax:thedramatic,oftenexciting,pointatwhichthingsbegintochangeforthestoryandthecharacters.fallingaction:theresolutionoftheclimaxsconflict.denouement:theendingofthestory,howtomakea(n)summary/analysis/evaluation,analysiswhatdoesthestorytellus?howdoesthebooktellitsstoryormakeitsargument?whattoolsdoesituse?here,youmaywanttodiscussthemes,motifs,symbols,andotherrhetoricaldevicesthebookuses,howtomakea(n)summary/analysis/evaluation,evaluationwhatdoyouthinkofthisbook?whatmakesitimportantworthwritingareporton,orassigningyoutoreporton?wouldyourecommendit,orassignit,toothers?whatarethefirstfewthingsyouwouldbringupfordiscussionwithsomeoneelse?themeritsanddemerits;thesocial/historical/literarysignificance,thestructureofabookreport,i.introductionii.summaryiii.analysisiv.evaluation,howtoconductfurtherresearch?,scholarlysourcesaretheboundjournalsinyourlibrary.theyareoftenpublishedbyuniversitiesorbyuniversitypresses.journalisticsourcesincludemostnewspapersandmagazineswithwhichyourefamiliar.theyarepublishedbyfor-profitcorporationsthatacceptadvertising,andtheycatertoawiderandlessspecializedaudiencethandoscholarlysources.popularsourcesareusuallyself-published.manyblogs,termpapersharingwebsites,andinternetsourcesfallintothiscategory.,howtoconductfurtherresearch?,databasesjstor-西文过刊全文库proquestdissertationsthatis,somebooksaretobereadonlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewtobereadwholly,andwithdiligenceandattention.(217),workscitede.g.vendler,helenhennessy.poetsthinking:pope,whitman,dickinson,yeats.cambridge:harvarduniversitypress,2004.姓，名.书名(斜体).出版城市：出版社,出版年份.e.g.porte,joel,andsaundramorriseds.thecambridgecampaniontoralphwaldoemerson.shanghai:shanghaiforeignlanguageeducationpress,2004说明：一个以上作者：从第二个人起后面姓名不颠倒；主编者：姓名后加ed(s)e.g.smith,david.“myuniversitydays.”collegecomposition.johnpowell,ed.ny:harvarduniversitypress,2003.18-29.e.g.price,richard.“interviewwithlarryweissman.”25june199873/0698/price/interview.html.,requirements1.of800-1000words2.titleinsize3,bold;subtitlesize4,bold;bodysizesmall4;3.in-textnotesandworkscited;4.printedout;5.neverplagiarize!,课程要求