学术写作Supporting Details.pptx

Chapter 3 Supporting Details: Facts,Quotations, and Statistics; Facts Supporting Details Quotations Statistics ↓ books, magazines, newspapers, Websites, personal interviews, and so on. ;Fact versus Opinions First, it is important to distinguish between facts and opinions. Opinions are subjective statements based on a persons beliefs or attitudes. e.g. English is an easy language to learn. Facts are objective statements of truths. e.g. At sea level, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.;NOTE: 1. Opinions are not acceptable as support and cannot be used as support. They are certainly acceptable to be expressed in academic writing. If you express an opinion, you must support it with facts. 2. Sometimes even facts need proof. You have to use specific supporting details to prove that these statements are true facts. Kinds of specific supporting details include examples, statistics, and quotations. ;Examples Opinion ? Photographs of ultrathin fashion models send the wrong message to girls and young women. Fact,but needs proof ? Fashion models are unnaturally thin. Specific supporting detail ? The average model weighs 25 percent less than the average woman of the same height. Please turn to page 40, practice 1 ;Using Outside Sources;There are three ways to insert outside information into your own writing: 1. you can quote it. 2. you can summarize it. 3. you can paraphrase it. We will focus on quotation in this chapter, summary and paraphrase are involved in Chapter 8. ;When using information from outside sources, do it without committing plagiarism. Plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas as if they were your own, and it is a serious offense. Students who plagiarize may fail a class or even be expelled from school.;Caution: 1. When you use information from an