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GO TO AUTHOR'S CONCLUSION
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COP Y P AS TE SU M MAR Y W O RK
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COP Y P AS TE SE CT IO N S UB HE AD S
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E X PLA IN TH E P UR PO SE OF E A CH
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S UB- H EA DIN G .
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one or two sentences should suffice for each.
COP Y P AS TE AR GU ME N T S U N D E R
AP PR O PR IAT E S UB HE ADS .
UN D ER E ACH SU BHE AD, CO N N E CT
AU T HOR 'S E X AM PLE S T O YO U R R E S TA TE M E N T OF T HE IR ARG U M E N T S .
a few sentences per argument/example is fine.
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GI V E A LL T HI S M AT E RI AL R E D F O N T .
this will help you delineate it from your language during the close read.
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G IV E AN "E N G LIS H TO EN G LI S H
T RA NS LAT I ON " OF TH E R ED T E X T
You want to go sentence by sentence, paragraph by
paragraph, page by page, noting throughout where you are.
Here it is okay to juxtapose the author's words in red (or
italics, or whatever) with your translations.
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IS T HE RE VO CABU LARY HE R E
W O RT H E MP HAS IZ IN G ,
E X PAN D IN G O R CO MP LICAT I N G ?
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HO W AN D W HY D O YO U SE E T H I S
S ECT I ON CON N E CTI N G T O YO U R
OW N W O RK? SH OW US /T E LL U S .
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THREE IMPORTANT PHASES
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