Objective Summary

Objective Summary

NC ELA Standard RL.8.2

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

Based on personal feelings and opinions

Ex: "That painting is beautiful."

Subjective

Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions

Ex: "Bharatnatyam is one of the oldest Indian classical dance forms"

​Objective

Objective v. Subjective

Multiple Select

Which of the following are objective? (MARK ALL THAT APPLY)

• Elephants live throughout regions of Africa and Asia.

• McDonalds has the best kids meal toys.

• Chapter 7 of Haroun and the Sea of Stories reveals that all of the Chupps are evil and dangerous.

• Chapter 7 of Haroun and the Sea of Stories focuses on the Guppee journey into the Twilight Strip.

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Standard RL.8.2: ​

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a theme or central idea of a text and ​

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its development over the course of the text, ​

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its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; ​

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an objective summary of the text.

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Objective Summary

An objective summary of a book, article, or chapter gives only the facts and does not include the reader's feelings or opinions. It follows a very specified format.

Because of this, objective summaries are written entirely in 3rd person:
1st: I, me, we, us, our, etc. (Not objective)
2nd: you, your (Not objective)
3rd: he, she, they, it, them, etc. (objective)

Theme and Objective Summaery

Although theme requires a reader to make inferences on meaning, which is not clearly objective, the NC State Standard includes a theme statement and evidence of theme at the end of an objective summary. The next side will show you the general formula for this standard.

Evidence and Theme

The upcoming slides will show you an objective summary for Chapter 7. Prior to viewing this summary, let's determine a theme and evidence of theme for this chapter.

We'll start with the topic of silence and ask ourselves:
What is Salman Rushdie saying about silence in this chapter?

Multiple Choice

Chapter 7 of Haroun and the Sea of Stories focuses on the nature of silence, revealing

• that silence suppresses speech and is always dangerous.

• that speech and silence must be balanced, and that speech can take many forms.

• that speaking openly is the best way to communicate one's ideas.

• that it's best to remain silent because silence is golden.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following quotations best supports this view of silence?

• "the Shadow Warrior showed

  him that silence had its own grace and beauty (just as speech could be graceless and ugly)" (Rushdie 125).

• "All was stillness and cold. The silence and darkness

  seemed content to bide their time" (Rushdie 122).

• "‘I’ll explain later,’ and gave Iff

  a glare that reduced even him to silence" (Rushdie 115).

• "Rashid silenced

  him with a glance, but what he had said was the truth: the shadow plainly possessed a will of its own" (Rushdie 124).

Here's an Example from Chapter 7