Structures for summarizing texts

Appendix 7

3d year

Structures for summarizing texts

A) Possible variants for 1-sentence structures

1^st sentence – the topic and/or central idea

In this	brief		the author	addresses	a (serious, acute, major, urgent, pressing, growing, long-standing) problem of
informative	article	examines	the key aspects of...
in-depth	review	considers	the idea of...
critical controversial		discusses focuses on	some topic questions...

This	article	deals with	the problem of
		focuses on tackles
		touches upon
The		is concerned with	the question(s) of...

B) Possible variants for 3-sentence structures

1^st sentence – the topic and/or problem

In this	brief		the author	addresses	a (serious, acute, major, urgent, pressing, growing, long-standing) problem of
informative	article	examines	the key aspects of...
in-depth	review	considers	the idea of...
critical controversial		discusses focuses on	some topic questions...

This	article	deals with	the problem of
		focuses on
		touches upon
		tackles
The		is concerned with	the question(s) of...

2^nd sentence – the author’s conclusions or suggested solution to the problem

The author	considers states	that...
maintains
makes it clear
	arrives at the (following) conclusions
	elaborates a new theory /approach to

3d sentence –some distinctive features of the article

It is also	stated
	mentioned	in the article	that
	pointed out
The author also	makes it clear		that
	emphasizes

C)Possible variants for 5- sentence structures

1^st sentence – the topic

In this	brief		the author	addresses	a) problem of
informative	article	examines	the key aspects of...
in-depth	review	considers	the idea of...
critical controversial		Discusses Focuses on	some topic questions...

or

This	article	deals with
The		focuses on
		touches upon
		tackles
		is concerned with	the question(s) of...

2^nd sentence – the problem and its topicality

This				for	mankind/the humanity
The serious, acute, major, urgent, pressing, growing, long-standing	problem	considered		much	interest		Russia, Europe, etc
	question	discussed	is of	some	importance		those who…
	subject	in question	presents	great -
		under consideration		paramount
				growing

or

The	problem	considered,	(state the problem)	is	vital	for	mankind/the humanity
	question	discussed,			urgent		Russia, Europe, etc.
	subject	in question,			of great (vital, great, utmost, growing, paramount) importance		those who…
		under consideration,			acquiring importance, assuming importance	nowadays.
					an acute	one	(due to…)
					a pressing		(because of…)
					a serious
					a long-standing

3d sentence – main points of the article

The author	argues	that...
	states
	makes it clear
	maintains
	mentions
	emphasizes
	expresses the view (opinion)
	holds the opinion
	adheres to the opinion
	lays emphasis on
	stresses
	elaborates a new theory/ approach to

4^th sentence – main points of the article (here you can briefly mention the author’s examples, in the way shown in the table, but do not describe these examples in detail! Mentioning the examples is optional – do it if it is really necessary for the idea of the article!)

It is also	stated	that
	mentioned
	maintained
	emphasized
	made clear
	claimed

Or

Various examples	supplied by the author	serve to illuminate his standpoint
The examples	given in the article	illustrate well enough the...
The graphs		prove the idea that
		Show that

5^th sentence- the author’s conclusion (not your own)

To sum up,	the author	considers	the problem that...
In conclusion		states	that
To conclude,		makes it clear
Finally,		maintains
		mentions
		emphasizes
Therefore,		(concludes)
On this basis
		elaborates a new theory/ approach to

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