[bksvol-discuss] Re: synopsis

That's okay.

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I thought it was okay just to put the stuff from the back cover of the book

as the synopsis?  Is that okay?
----- Original Message -----
From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hmmm, I just read around half a dozen definitions of "synopsis" on
Google,
> and none of them mention that they should contain the title or author of
> the book. Besides, since the title and author are usually in close
> proximity, see any Bookshare or NLS book, for example, that information
in
> the synopsis is redundant.
>
> Another besides, having only 50 words for a Bookshare short synopsis,
> putting the title and author in there, takes away from an already small
> space in which to tell people what the book is about.
>
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:21 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: synopsis
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Well, if writing a synopsis, look up word in the dictionary, you would
>> want to write something fairly short, one to three paragraphs for a long

>> synopsis.  A synopsis should contain the title, author, of a book.  It
>> should contain the book's main theme.  Then, it should contain a few
>> sentences about how the author illustrates the theme.  That's pretty
much
>> it.
>>
>> BTW, in case it's been a while since you talked about themes in a
>> classroom, the theme of a book is the reason why the book was written,
>> it's major point.  Some themes are standard:  man against nature, man
>> against man, growing up, a quest, etc.  It's really the main reason
>> behind the book.  Even nonfiction titles have themes:  a book about
>> Italian cooking, a book about economics in the 19th century, etc.
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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