An announcement or annotation is the most important part of any article. In the announcement, the reader is presented with a summary of the article, its meaning and purpose. That is, after reading the announcement, the reader should understand whether it is worthwhile for him to waste time and read the entire article in full. You can endlessly and persistently enumerate all the rules and nuances of writing announcements. But basically, you need to stick to the following tips.
Instructions
Step 1
Remember that the announcement is not a retelling of the text. Therefore, it is extremely important to exclude citing the original without quotation marks. Also, you should not use the expressions "I think", "I think", because the tastes of any person are subjective.
Step 2
What you like may not be interesting to other people. Therefore, in the announcement it is necessary to display the essence of the article as clearly as possible without your opinion about it. However, you can use reviews whose sources are familiar with your article and are somewhat popular.
Step 3
Your announcement should be clear to any reader, so if scientific terms and complex phrases abound in it, then its popularity will noticeably decrease, which is not at all desirable for a high-quality article. Try to avoid clichés and common knowledge.
Step 4
It is not very welcome to have information that does not relate to the annotated article, as well as redundant information. You must adhere to an artistic, neutral, or scientific style (if the article suggests this).
Step 5
The size of the announcement should be 150-500 characters with spaces.
Step 6
Never use words or sentences in uppercase, that is, with the Caps Lock button on. Such texts are difficult to read, they only annoy Internet users.
Step 7
Write your announcement correctly. Do not hope that an illiterately written announcement "will work anyway." If you took up writing an annotation, then do it well. As a last resort, you can turn to knowledgeable people or check words in MS Word.
Step 8
If it is possible to use a picture, then be sure to attach it. Colorful images always attract readers and make them click on the link to read the article, even if the announcement is not very interesting.
