WRITING A SUMMARY REACTION 2012

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AGUADILLA CAMPUS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROF. ROBERTO GUZMAN WRITING A SUMMARY REACTION PAPER Putting together a good summary-reaction paper isn’t all that difficult. The first thing you need to do is, of course, to read the... More

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AGUADILLA CAMPUS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROF. ROBERTO GUZMAN WRITING A SUMMARY REACTION PAPER Putting together a good summary-reaction paper isn’t all that difficult. The first thing you need to do is, of course, to read the paper you intend to summarize. To read is to understand. Therefore you may need to get hold of a good dictionary and always keep in mind that you will run into idioms that will challenge your ability to understand the text. Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood or translated literally. A word for word translation would result in a nonsensical expression. For instance, ‘break a leg’, should not be translated as ‘Rómpete una pierna. ’ It is an old Broadway expression that simply means ‘good luck’. A good way to improve your understanding of idioms is to get on line and look for a good idioms list website. These have many idioms with examples of their usage and their meaning. Reading may also requ Less