Mastering Document Analysis and Personal Opinions

📋 Course Outline

1. Document type and presentation
2. Topic, setting and timing
3. Characters and personal opinion

📖 1. Document type and presentation

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Article : An article is a written text that presents information or opinions on a topic.
• Newspaper article : A newspaper article is a text published in a newspaper, usually about current events.

📝 Essential Points

• A document can be an article, a text, a newspaper article, or a blog post.
• You present the document by stating what it is.
• You present the document by naming its type.

💡 Memory Hook

Type words: article/newspaper/blog = where it appears.

📖 2. Topic, setting and timing

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Main topic : The main topic is the central subject the text focuses on.
• Setting : The setting is where the story or events take place.

📝 Essential Points

• You can introduce the topic with phrases like “The text talks about…” or “The main topic is…”.
• You can describe where it happens with “The story takes place in…” or “It happens in…”.
• You can describe when it happens with “nowadays”, “in the past”, or “in the future”.

💡 Memory Hook

Topic = what; setting = where; timing = when.

📖 3. Characters and personal opinion

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions