The plan for reviewing the article

THE PLAN OF THE SYNOPSIS

The plan for reviewing the article	Some expressions to be used
1. The title	· I’ve read the text (article, story) entitled… · The article is headlined… · I’d like to tell you about the article entitled…
2. The Source	This article is published in the newspaper (magazine, book)…
3. The Author	· The author is… · The article is written by… · The author has a sound educational background. · The author has a considerable stock of general knowledge.
4. The Main Idea	· The main idea of the article is to show (to prove, to underline, to convince)… · The essence of the article is to give priority to …(to select and arrange for…, to have a wide acquaintance with…) · The article is devoted to… · The article deals with the problem of… · The article touches upon the question of… · The article gives a serious and thorough coverage · The article strengthen my former view
5. The Subject	· The text is about… · The text describes (gives information about…) · The article is pretty packed. · The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on…
6. The Content.	· The events distilled into a few words. · The article starts with the fact (with the description of, with the characteristic of…) · Then the author points out that… · Further the author reports (says, underscores, stresses, disputes) · Next the author deals with the problem of… · Besides the author underlines… · The author appeals to a wide readership. · It should be noted that… · The article goes on to say… · Finally the author comes to the conclusion that… · In conclusion… · The author sums up….
7. Your Attitude	· My attitude to the article is good (contradictory, complicated). · On the one hand I agree that… On the other hand I disagree that… · I found the article interesting (important, dull, of no value, too hard to understand). · I’ve learnt a lot of interesting (important, new) facts (information, things) from the text. It makes us think of… · It is thought-provoking. · It gives us food for thoughts. It proves the idea (the theory, the point of view, the opinion)… · It can help us in self-education (in solving our problems). · I’d like to cite the author (to make a quotation).
8. Your Advice	· So, in my opinion the article is worth reading. · To my mind… · As far as I am concerned… · I reckon / deem · As for me…

USEFUL PHRASES

1) In contrast to

2) Compared to

3) However

4) Moreover

5) Not only… but also

6) Although

7) On the one hand/ on the other hand

8) Whereas/while

9) As well as

10) On the contrary

11) Different to

12) In comparison to

13) In order to

14) In addition

15) Generally speaking

16) First of all/ first, second,…

17) There are various/several/many reasons for that

18) Another significant point is that

19) Because of

20) That is why

21) In this respect

22) The result of that is

23) Another point is

24) One could argue that… but

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