Comment Writing PDF

Title	Comment Writing
Author	Nicole Diener
Course	Periods in the History of the English Language: Middle English
Institution	Universität zu Köln
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basics for comment writing...

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HOW TO WRITE A PERSONAL COMMENT

Step 1:

Read the task carefully. Is it a general question on the content or just on a particular aspect?

Step 2:

What´s your opinion about the topic? (You can write down keywords on a separate paper.)

Step 3:

Collect material from the text or other sources you talked about in class in order to give proof.

Step 4:

Write a text. Keep strictly to the topic and keep to the following pattern: Introduction: - Presentation of the topic you want to be discussed Main part:

- Presentation of your own opinion - Giving proof with the help of collected material (arguments: pros, cons, examples)

Conclusion : - Short repetition of your statement from the beginning (in other words) and a very brief summary of the most important arguments (pointing out the consequences of your position) Attention! Lots of pupils leave out this part. Don´t do that because one gets the impression that your own arguments aren´t very convincing.

Step 5:

Check the correctness of your language while reading sentence by sentence very carefully. (Check especially on: tenses, word order, use of –s in 3rd person singular present, definite articles, gerund or infinitive.)

Step 6:

Use different phrases in order to vary your language. 1. Author´s point of view The author hopes to convince the reader that….. The author presents convincing arguments to support the… The author tends to exaggerate…

When (name) uses expressions, phrases, language, words like…, it is clear that…. 2. Personal opinion I am of the opinion that…/ In my opinion… I am certain that… I am convinced that… I believe…; I think…; I guess…. I agree with the author when he argues that… On the one hand……, but on the other we must/should…. 3. Expressing the end / conclusion In all…. To sum up… In brief… As a result… I come to draw the conclusion that… 4. Other phrases As far as I am aware… I get the impression that… Generally speaking… Furthermore…. Above all… Despite this… In spite of the fact that…...