Many of us, while studying at school and institute, had to write an annotation or review of a work, term paper, and thesis. But did we do it right? This article will show you what the meaning of the word "annotation" is and how to write it.
Annotation is a brief description of the contents of a book or article. From it we can find out what is said in this source. It enables the reader to decide for himself whether he should read this book further or not.
An abstract is the content of a work formulated in several sentences. It characterizes the main theme or problem of the book. Translated from Latin, "annotation" is a note, a note. It indicates that the new book contains in comparison with other sources.
Annotation is a characteristic of a print publication that can give the reader information about its content and purpose, written in short form. The author decides what information it will contain. But first you need to determine the specifics of this text. If this is an annotation for the cover of the book, then it will be a brief retelling of the plot and contain information about the author, his titles and awards. If this is an annotation for advertising a book, then its text will have to interest the buyer so that he wants to buy it.
The annotation should not contain a retelling of the plot, otherwise, after studying it, the reader will not be interested in reading the book completely. Preparing to write it, try to answer the following questions: “What is this book about?”, “What was the author’s goal when writing it?”, “For whom was it written?”
The volume of the expanded annotation is from 600 to 700 characters. It includes:
- The topic of the article or book (for example, "The article tells about the nutrition of athletes ...");
- description of the goal set by the author ("Recommendations are given on proper nutrition ...");
- addressee ("The article is aimed at a male audience ...");
- dignity of design ("... with beautiful pictures ...");
- volume ("... small ...");
- advice to readers ("If you follow the recommendations that are outlined in this book, then ...");
- information about the author ("... interesting, beloved ...");
- advertising ("... the work makes you rethink ...").
A brief annotation characterizes the work in terms of its main theme. Its volume should not exceed 240 characters.
An abstract to the term paper is 1000-1500 characters and includes:
- name;
- information about the author-compiler indicating the faculty, course, specialization and project manager;
- text ("In the term paper the following methods are considered ....", "The focus is on ...")
Annotation to the work (example):
"In this manual, the problem of interpreting the norms that are contained in the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is examined. The features of the legal method of their interpretation and methods of legal analysis are analyzed. As a result of the study, the author proposes to highlight a special legal method of interpretation and gives its definition."
I hope that this article will help the reader understand the concept of "annotation" and, if necessary, write it without problems. Good luck