How to Summarize

How to Summarize

By Yael Cohen

A Summary-

Short account of the central ideas of a text​

The main idea is what the text is about.

Key points are arguments or information that is used to support the main idea.

Key points may be developed or elaborated with supporting details.

Your summary should only include main ideas and key points, not supporting details.

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What is "main idea"?

• The examples ina text

• What the text is about

• The author of the text

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What are "key points"?

• The examples of the main idea

• Explanation and information of the main idea

• The headline of the text

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What are "supporting details"?

• The examples explaining the key points

• The information about the main idea

• The main ides of the text.

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What does a summary need to contain?

• Key points only

• Key points and supporting details

• The main idea with key points

• the main idea with specifics

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The itsy bitsy spider

Climbed up the water spout

Down came the rain and

Washed the spider out

Up came the sun and

Dried up all the rain

And the itsy bitsy spider

Climbed up the spout again.

What is the main idea of the text?

• The sun dried up the rain

• A spider was washed by the rain and got up again

• The spider died

• The spider climbed the spout and fell

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Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the cupboard

To give her poor dog a bone.

But when she got there

The cupboard was bare,

And so the poor dog had none.

What is the main idea?

• The dog had no food

• The woman looked for food.

• An woman had no food to feed her dog.

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There are as many kinds of careers as there are people. They vary greatly in the type of work involved and in the ways they influence a person’s life. The kind of career you have can affect your life in many ways. For example, it can determine where you live and the friends you make. It can reflect how much education you have and can determine the amount of money you earn. Your career can also affect the way you feel about yourself and the way other people act toward you. By making wise decisions concerning your career, you can help yourself build the life you want. To make wise career decisions and plans, you need as much information as possible. The more you know about yourself and career opportunities, the better able you will be to choose a satisfying career.

What is the main idea?

• The career fields vary and it can influence our life.

• A career can reflect the place I live.

• The more I know the better

• I need to feel good about myself and my career

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People differ in what they want from a career. Many people desire a high income. Some hope for fame. Others want adventure. Still others want to serve people and make the world a better place. Before you begin to explore career fields, you should determine your values; your interests; and your abilities. Most people are happiest in jobs that fit their values, interests, and abilities. Each person has many values, which vary in strength. For example, money is the strongest value for some people – that is, wealth is more important to them than anything else.

What is the main idea in this paragraph?

• Everyone is interested in something else in their career.

• Previous for choosing a career, you should decide your values, abilities and interests.

• Every person has many values that can determine a career, for example money.

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People differ in what they want from a career. Many people desire a high income. Some hope for fame. Others want adventure. Still others want to serve people and make the world a better place. Before you begin to explore career fields, you should determine your values; your interests; and your abilities. Most people are happiest in jobs that fit their values, interests, and abilities. Each person has many values, which vary in strength. For example, money is the strongest value for some people – that is, wealth is more important to them than anything else.

What are the key points in this paragraph?

• People want to make the world a better place

• Explore career field after one decides his/her values, abilities and interests so they can make wise decisions.

• In order to make a wise career decision one should decide his/her values, abilities and interests.