EAPP MODULE 2

What exactly is a summary

• “to summarize is to report information using fewer words than were used in the original communication.

• "to summarize is to re evaluate what you read or what you seen in a formal way."

• “the process of determining what content in a passage is most important and transforming it into a succinct statement in one’s own words.”

• “the reduction of a large amount of information to its most important points”

• "the process of turning something big to small as per the readers can easily understand and in not a complex way"

___________ teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way.

How do I summarize

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To ensure understanding, ______ the article several times so that you can absorb the information.

• Read the Article

• Take notes in your own words

• Summarize each section

• Profound your work

• Scan and Highlight the Article

How do I summarize

________________________

______ the article to identify the main points. Look for section headings or subheadings._______ important details.

• Take notes in your own words

• Summarize each section

• Read the Article

• Scan and Highlight the Article

• Profound your work

How do I summarize

________________________

Write what you understand in your own words. You may also take ________ of your interpretations at the margins of the article.

• Scan and Highlight the Article

• Read the Article

• Take notes in your own words

• Summarize each section

• Profound your work

How do I summarize

________________________

Read each section of the article, then stop and think about what the author is saying. Identify the main point and the supporting points for that section.

• Profound your work

• Summarize each section

• Take notes in your own words

• Read the Article

• Scan and Highlight the Article

How do I summarize

________________________

Finalize and revise your summary if needed. Make sure your summary is about 1/3 of the length of the article. You want your summary to be short and concise while still conveying the ideas in the article.

• Scan and Highlight the Article

• Read the Article

• Take notes in your own words

• Summarize each section

• Profound your work

Do's of summarizing

• use your own words.

• only note the most important points, using key words and phrases.

• read the original text multiple times, ensuring you don't miss any critical points.

• ensure a summary is much shorter than the original source.

• avoiding plagiarism

Don’ts in summarizing

• include unnecessary details, examples or supporting information.

• include your own opinions or thoughts.

• include others words

• repeat phrases word for word - this is plagiarism.

This summary is basically a list of topics without details and can serve as a quick reference to the subject matter discussed in the literature.

• Descriptive Summary

• Informative Summary