ANNOTATION PLAN
1. The title of the article.
The article is headlined…
The headline of the article I have read is…
As the title implies the article describes …
The article under discussion is …
2. The author of the article, where and when the article was published.
The author of the article is…
The author’s name is …
The text/article is written by…
Unfortunately the author’s name is not mentioned …
The article I’m going to give a review of is taken from…
It was published in … (on the Internet).
It is a newspaper (scientific) article (published on March 10, 2019 / in 2019).
3. The main idea of the article.
The main idea of the article/text is…
The topic/key issue of the article is…
The message of the article is that…
The article is about…
The article is devoted to…
The article under discussion is devoted to the problem…
The article/paper deals (is concerned) with…
The article touches upon the issue of…
The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on…
The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some material on…
4. The contents of the article. Some facts, names, figures.
The author starts by telling (the reader) that…
The author (of the article) writes (reports, states, stresses, thinks, notes, considers, believes, analyses, points out, says, describes) that…
The author (of the article) draws reader’s attention to…
Much attention is given to…/ It draws our attention to…/Attention is drawn to…
The author in the article touches upon the problem of…
In this article/report/paper/review/study we deal with / focus on / investigate …
This article/report/paper/review/study outlines/proposes/describes/presents a new approach to …
This article/report/paper/review/study examines / seeks to address / focuses on / discusses / investigates how to solve …
This article/report/paper/review/study is an overview of / a review of / a report on / a preliminary attempt to …
According to the article…
It is reported (shown, stressed) that …
It is spoken in detail about…
It is described in short …
It is introduced ….
The fact that… is stressed.
Data are given about…
… is/are noted, examined, investigated, analyzed, discussed in detail, stressed, reported, considered, proposed, formulated.
Attempts are made to analyze, formulate …
From what the author says it becomes clear that…
The article gives a detailed analysis of…
The text gives valuable information on…
The paper looks at recent research dealing with…
A mention should be made about…
The article is of great help to…
The article is of interest to…
It should be stressed (emphasized) that…
It should be noted about…
The article under discussion may be divided into several logically connected parts which are…
Further the author reports (writes, states, stresses, thinks, notes, considers, believes, analyses, points out, says, describes) that…
The article goes on to say that…
In conclusion the author writes (reports, states, stresses, thinks, notes, considers, believes, analyses, points out, says, describes) that… / draws reader’s attention to…
The author comes to the conclusion that…
The following conclusions are drawn…
Conclusions are drawn about ….
Recommendations are given …
5. Your opinion.
In conclusion I’d like to…
From my point of view…
I fully agree with / I don’t agree with …
As far as I am able to judge…
In addition… / Furthermore…
Taking into consideration the fact that …
I’d like to make some remarks concerning…
I’d like to mention briefly that…
I’d like to comment on the problem of…
My own attitude to this article is…
I (have) found the article (rather) interesting (important, useful, of great value, dull) as / because…
I think / In my opinion the article is (rather) interesting (important, useful) because…
I found the article too hard to understand / rather boring as / because…