Graduate DiplomaReading & Writing

Spring Term Session 16

Issues Raised in Tutorials:Compare & contrast language revision

Referencing revisionReferencing texts ‘without’ an author

Compare & contrast language revision

How would you summarise the differences between the two texts you have read. Which is better and why?

Referencing revision

What do we do when we don’t know the author’s identity?

The following images each represent a source. Make notes to help you remember each source.

Compare your notes with a partner. Can you name the five sources?

In the film ___________________ (1995), the English are portrayed as cruel, unscrupulous and cowardly.

According to ___________________, the first woman was made from one of the ribs of Adam, the first man.

The ___________________ web page, Bloom, defines organic agriculture as “a system of farming based on principles of human, animal and environmental health”.

In an article on the state of American politics entitled “What's gone wrong in Washington?”, published in ___________________on the 18th of February, Barack Obama is blamed for present problems. The article argues that “the basic system works” and that the current president has been incorrectly “let off the hook”.

___________________, signed in 1776, states that “all men are created equal”, although slavery was not abolished until 1865.

In the film Braveheart (1995), the English are portrayed as cruel, unscrupulous and cowardly.

According to The Bible, the first woman was made from one of the ribs of Adam, the first man.

The BBC web page, Bloom, defines organic agriculture as “a system of farming based on principles of human, animal and environmental health”.

In an article on the state of American politics entitled “What's gone wrong in Washington?”, published in the Economist on the 18th of February, Barack Obama is blamed for present problems. The article argues that “the basic system works” and that the current president has been incorrectly “let off the hook”.

The Declaration of Independence, signed in 1776, states that “all men are created equal”, although slavery was not abolished until 1865.

In the film ___________________ (1995), the English are portrayed as cruel, unscrupulous and cowardly.

According to ___________________, the first woman was made from one of the ribs of Adam, the first man.

The ___________________ web page, Bloom, defines organic agriculture as “a system of farming based on principles of human, animal and environmental health”.

In an article on the state of American politics entitled “What's gone wrong in Washington?”, published in ___________________on the 18th of February, Barack Obama is blamed for present problems. The article argues that “the basic system works” and that the current president has been incorrectly “let off the hook”.

___________________, signed in 1776, states that “all men are created equal”, although slavery was not abolished until 1865.