如何写读书报告

如何写读书报告WhatIsABookReport?WhyWriteABookReport?WhattoBeIncludedinABookReport?WheretoBegin?HowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/Evaluation?HowtoConductFurtherResearch?HowtoAvoidPlagiarismWhatIsABookReport?Abookreport:providingbasicinformationaboutthebookAbookreview,goingbeyondthebasicstoevaluateandmakemoresubjectiveclaimsaboutthetext’squality.aresearchpaper,whichinvestigatesatopicthroughavarietyofsourcesandtakesapositionwithinasetofclaimsaboutthattopicWhyWriteABookReport?

toprovethatyouhavecompleted,andunderstood,theassignedToenhanceyourabilitytoanalyzethestoryandthecharacterstoadditsreader’sknowledgebaseWhattoBeIncludedinABookReport?Who?What?Where?When?How?Why?Itscategory;itsmajorplot,characters,thesis,and/ormainidea;itsstyleExplain;Summarize;Analyze;Evaluate

WheretoBegin?Author:Whowroteit?What,ifanything,doyouknowabouttheauthor?PublicationInformation:Whenandwherewasitpublished,andbywhom?Genre:Areyoureportingonanovel?Abiography?Ahistory?Title:Whatdoesitaccomplishforthebookitself?Whatdoesittellyouaboutthebook?

HowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/EvaluationSummary

Youshouldgointoenoughdetailtomakeclearthatyou’vegonebeyondreadingsomeoneelse’ssummaryYoushouldmakeyoursummaryconcise,clearandeasytounderstandYoushouldusepresenttenseforanoveloraplayorasciencefictionHowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/EvaluationPlotSummary

Freytag’sPyramidHowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/EvaluationExposition:givesthereaderthebasicinformation:thecharacters,setting,andbasicconflictRisingaction:complicatesthebasicconflict,presentingthecharacterswithobstaclestoovercomeandothersecondaryconflicts.Climax:thedramatic,oftenexciting,pointatwhichthingsbegintochangeforthestoryandthecharacters.Fallingaction:theresolutionoftheclimax’sconflict.Denouement:theendingofthestoryHowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/EvaluationAnalysisWhatdoesthestorytellus?Howdoesthebooktellitsstoryormakeitsargument?Whattoolsdoesituse?Here,youmaywanttodiscussthemes,motifs,symbols,andotherrhetoricaldevicesthebookusesHowtoMakea(n)Summary/Analysis/EvaluationEvaluation

Whatdoyouthinkofthisbook?Whatmakesitimportant—worthwritingareporton,orassigningyoutoreporton?Wouldyourecommendit,orassignit,toothers?Whatarethefirstfewthingsyouwouldbringupfordiscussionwithsomeoneelse?themeritsanddemerits;thesocial/historical/literarysignificanceThestructureofabookreportI.Introduction

II.SummaryIII.AnalysisIV.EvaluationHowtoConductFurtherResearch?Scholarlysourcesaretheboundjournalsinyourlibrary.Theyareoftenpublishedbyuniversitiesorbyuniversitypresses.Journalisticsourcesincludemostnewspapersandmagazineswithwhichyou’refamiliar.Theyarepublishedbyfor-profitcorporationsthatacceptadvertising,andtheycatertoawiderandlessspecializedaudiencethandoscholarlysources.Popularsourcesareusuallyself-published.Manyblogs,termpapersharingwebsites,andinternetsourcesfallintothiscategory.HowtoConductFurtherResearch?

DatabasesJSTOR--西文过刊全文库ProQuestDissertations&Theses(PQDT)--博硕士论文全文数据库（ProQuest）LiteratureResourceCenter--文学资源中心(Gale)Arts&HumanitiesCitationIndex（1983-）--艺术与人文科学引文索引万方数据资源系统的全文数字化期刊

中国期刊网期刊全文数据库

维普全文电子期刊

/CNKI(中国知识资源总库

)HowtoAvoidPlagiarism

Definitionofplagiarism:using,borrowing,appropriatinganother'swork(wordsorideas)inanywaywithoutacknowledgementorpropercitationconstitutesaninstanceofplagiarismWhendoingresearch,documentwithcarefulandprecisenotes

Andcarefulcitationwillmakeyourreportamoreusefuldocumenttobothyouandyourreader

Citatione.g.1

“xxx”(writerpage)

用双引号；第一次原著引用。

新批评学者强调诗作为本体的存在，是封闭孤立、自给自足的客观物，一首诗如同一个“语像”、“一幅程式化的画卷”，或者像一只“精致的翁”，“有重量，有体积，也有界定的边界”(Vendler4)。

Citatione.g.2

“xxx”(89)用双引号；第二次引用只需页码[一般来说，引用原文4行及以上要另起一段，左边缩进10个字母，除对话外，不用双引号。]ThefollowingaresomequotationsfromoneofBacon’sfamousessays:

Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsome fewtobechewedanddigested;thatis,somebooksaretoberead onlyinparts;otherstoberead,butnotcuriously;andsomefewto bereadwholly,andwithdiligenceandattention.

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WorksCitede.g.Vendler,HelenHennessy.PoetsThinking:Pope,Whitman,Dickinson,Yeats.Cambridge:HarvardUniversityPress,2004.

姓，名.书名(斜体).出版城市：出版社,出版年份.e.g.Porte,Joel,andSaundraMorriseds.TheCambridgeCampaniontoRalphWaldoEmerson.Shanghai:ShanghaiForeignLanguageEducationPress,2004

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