What is the definition of a summary?

A condensed version of text that only includes the main ideas.

A condensed version of text that defines your scope and focus.

A condensed version of text that gives insight on the development on a topic.

Below are the guidelines for summarizing EXCEPT …

Includes examples and opinions.

Should be written in your own words.

Acknowledges the source of the text.

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

Summary being shorter than the text.

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. The Summary of this passage is:

Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World Cup. Brazil was chosen in October of 2007 to host the 2014 competition. Earlier in the year, South America had been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978, when Argentina hosted. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once. The summary of this passage is:

The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice.

The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in South America since 1978.

In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American country hosted the World Cup.

Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World Cup before in 1950.

Which detail from the second paragraph would be most important to include in a summary of this passage? April's parents were dog breeders and their kennels were often filled with a litter of puppies. April helped care for the dogs by bathing them and giving them the best food and water. April's class had also been learning how to care for animals in their science lessons, so she was thrilled when her teacher announced a field trip to an animal shelter. The shelter manager, Rachel, led the class into the kennel area where dogs and cats sat along opposite walls of the building. April was stunned by what she saw. Some dogs looked like they had been starved before coming to the shelter. "What happened to these dogs?" April asked. "These dogs are here because their owners did not care for them properly," Rachel replied. "We try to keep the animals healthy so they can go to good homes. If you know someone who wants to adopt a pet, please tell them about our shelter." April decided to take action and she printed flyers with information about the shelter. April's parents handed them out to people who bought their puppies. The following day April received permission to post a flyer at her school. That afternoon, April received a phone call at home. "Hi, April, this is Rachel. I wanted to thank you for creating flyers for the shelter. Our adoptions have already started to increase!" "You're welcome! I just wanted to help rescue the puppies."

April's class took a field trip to the local animal shelter.

The shelter manager named Rachel gave April a tour.

April's class had been learning about animals in their classes.

April received a phone call at home in the afternoon.

Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax! Which is the best way to summarize this passage?

Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.

Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.

Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. The Summary of this passage is:

There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

There are a lot of cows in Texas.

Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream. The Summary of this passage is:

Jason really wanted to play third base.

Jason was the best player on his team.

Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

Jason was too lazy to practice.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false?

The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.

The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.

The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.

The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage

SSS 1 - Selecting Relevant Information

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30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

Another reason why ambition is not always good is that ambitious people may use unfair or dishonest means of reaching their goal. For example, they may ...

work so hard that they neglect their families.

take the credit for work that they have not done.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

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30 sec • 1 pt

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In some cases, they may damage the careers of people who they see as rivals, perhaps by ...

making false accusations about them to their employers.

stealing their money and possessions.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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One way to ensure that people value their traditional culture is to focus on language. With the global dominance of English, some minority languages such as ______ may feel under threat.

Welsh or Estonian

Chinese and Arabic

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If people are made familiar with the history and literature of their own language, then ...

they will be more able to talk to older people about it.

they will appreciate their own culture more.

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This could be done by arranging arts festival or writing competitions. For example, in the UK ...

there are many prizes which novelists and poets can win.

there is an annual festival to celebrate the best of Welsh writing and culture.

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However, the effects of the Internet on communication are not all positive. Emails can be written and replied to very quickly which means that ...

people often do not consider carefully what they have written.

people can check their inbox two or three times a day.

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Another problem is that people simply send and receive too many emails. _____ . The result of this is that they spend time dealing with this constant stream of messages instead of doing their real work.

Children, for example, love to contact their friends frequently by email.

An office worker, for example, may receive twenty or thirty emails a day.

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SSS 1 - Selecting Relevant Information

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.Another reason why ambition is not always good is that ambitious people may use unfair or dishonest means of reaching their goal. For example, they may ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.In some cases, they may damage the careers of people who they see as rivals, perhaps by ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.One way to ensure that people value their traditional culture is to focus on language. With the global dominance of English, some minority languages such as ______ may feel under threat.

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.If people are made familiar with the history and literature of their own language, then ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.This could be done by arranging arts festival or writing competitions. For example, in the UK ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.However, the effects of the Internet on communication are not all positive. Emails can be written and replied to very quickly which means that ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.Another problem is that people simply send and receive too many emails. _____ . The result of this is that they spend time dealing with this constant stream of messages instead of doing their real work.

What is the definition of a summary?

Below are the guidelines for summarizing EXCEPT …

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

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Another reason why ambition is not always good is that ambitious people may use unfair or dishonest means of reaching their goal. For example, they may ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

In some cases, they may damage the careers of people who they see as rivals, perhaps by ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

One way to ensure that people value their traditional culture is to focus on language. With the global dominance of English, some minority languages such as ______ may feel under threat.

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

If people are made familiar with the history and literature of their own language, then ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

This could be done by arranging arts festival or writing competitions. For example, in the UK ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

However, the effects of the Internet on communication are not all positive. Emails can be written and replied to very quickly which means that ...

Choose the options which are most relevant to the question.

Another problem is that people simply send and receive too many emails. _____ . The result of this is that they spend time dealing with this constant stream of messages instead of doing their real work.