The Skeleton of a Summary. Presenting key points of the article. Useful phrases from the AWL. Presenting Key Points of the Article. Useful Phrases

The Skeleton of a Summary

The article “________” is written by _________ and published in/by __________ (or retrieved from the site __________________ on _____________. (date)

It talks about ____________________.

The man point/s of the article is / are______________________

According to him/her/them/the article ______________________

He illustrates it by____________________________

He claims/explains/etc. that___________________________

He concludes/ In conclusion, he

Presenting key points of the article

Useful phrases from the AWL

The author analyzes (policies, processes, theories, structures, evidence, context, etc. )

The writer assesses (processes of ----, significance of ----, the sources of ---, availability of ---)

The scholar/ scientist identifies (the major methods

main approaches

significant examples

specific concepts

environmental rules

individual policies

various functions

factors

issues

roles

Presenting Key Points of the Article

Useful Phrases

As the title suggests, this article/ the author deals with

There are three main points discussed in the article

The article refers to…

It provides

Then this article looks at

So, the article reports that

The article also gives statistics from a magazine survey of 2, 000 people

According to the article, however, what stops them from…v+ing is ….

The article then goes on to say that

Finally, the article argues that…

The author quotes the ______ (the name of the scientist or scholar)

So, the author reports on some interesting…

The author argues that…

The reader ‘s attitude to the information the article gives

I assume that the article ________________

The issue/s areas

In my view, the article does not…

The article doesn’t mention…

We don’t know this from the text, but this could be significant data.