Ex. 1. Answer the questions.

SAMPLE CRITICAL ANNOTATION

SAMPLE DESCRIPTIVE ANNOTATION

Two Types of Annotations

Annotations vary according to their intended use and their content. Descriptive Annotations describe the content of a book or article and indicate distinctive features. Critical Annotations, in addition to describing the contents, evaluate the usefulness of a book or article for particular situations.

London, Herbert. Five Myths of the Television Age. Television Quarterly 10(1) Spring 1982:81-89.

The author explains how television contradicts five ideas commonly believed by most people, using specific examples seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to demonstrate his points. His examples contradict such truisms as "seeing is believing", "a picture is worth a thousand words", and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas, and doesn't refer to any previous works on the topic: the article is his personal opinion.

London, Herbert. Five Myths of the Television Age. Television Quarterly 10(1) Spring 1982:81-89.

Herbert London, a Dean at New York University and author of several books and articles, explains how television contradicts five ideas commonly believed by most people, using specific examples seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to demonstrate his points. His examples contradict such truisms as "seeing is believing", "a picture is worth a thousand words", and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas, and doesn't refer to any previous works on the topic: the article is his personal opinion. His style and vocabulary would make the article of interest to any reader. The article clearly illustrates London's points, but does not explore their implications, leaving the reader with many unanswered questions.

1. What is the purpose of an abstract? And of an annotation?

1. How would you translate the two words into Russia n? Think about such Russian words and collocations as реферат, конспект, аннотация, краткое изложение содержания, резюме.
2. What types of annotations do you know? What is the difference between them?

Ex. 2. Which of these statements are true? Correct the false ones.

		TRUE	FALSE
	An abstract is a summary in your own words, of an article, chapter, or book
	An abstract is evaluative and must include your personal opinions.
	The purpose of an abstract is to give a reader sufficient information for him or her to decide whether it would be worthwhile reading the entire article or book.
	An abstract should aim at giving as much information as possible. The number of words is unlimited.
	Normaly, we write an abstract about a document written by somebody else.
	Annotations, unlike abstracts, are protected under copyright law.

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