Writing an Objective Summary

Writing an Objective Summary

Objective

Objective means expressing or dealing with facts or without personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.

An Objective Summary

Summarizes a text with facts and not opinions.

Multiple Choice

An objective summary should include your opinion about the text?

• True

• False

Topic Sentence (1st Sentence of your summary) should include the following.

• Title of the Text

• Name of the Author

• Author's Purpose ( why did he/she write it)

• Main (Central) Idea of the text

Sample Topic Sentence

In the short story, Born Worker, Gary Soto writes about two cousins, Arnie and Jose, and describes what happens when two different people decide to go into business together

Multiple Select

The topic sentence of an objective summary should include...

• The title of the text

• The name of the author

• The author's purpose

• Your opinion

When writing an Objective summary you must:

• Write one central main idea per section.

• Leave in the original order.

• Use your own words.

• Use only quotes when necessary.

• Leave out small details.

• End with a concluding statement.

Multiple Choice

When writing an Objective summary you must use your own words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When writing an objective summary you must write about how many ideas per section.

• 10

• 4

• 2

• 1

Multiple Choice

When writing an objective summary make sure you include as many details as possible.

• True

• False