Texts for annotation
Use the following phrases for annotation:
| 1. The text/article under review…(gives us a sort of information about … ) |
| 2. The article deals with the problem … The subject of the text is … |
| 3. At the beginning (of the text) the author describes … (dwells on …, explains …, touches upon …, analyses …, comments …, characterizes …, underlines …, reveals …, gives account of …) The article begins with the description of …, a review of …, the analysis of … The article opens with … |
| 4. Then (after that, further on, next ) the author passes on to …, gives a detailed (thorough) analysis (description), goes on to say that … |
| 5. To finish with, the author describes – At the end of the article the author draws the conclusion that …; the author sums it all up (by saying… ) |
| 6. In conclusion the author … |
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