B - 2 - Summaries

to restate the main ideas and key details of a text clearly and concisely

• minimize

• summarize

• plagiarize

• paraphrase

the central thought that is the overall focus of a text

• summary

• adaptation

• main idea

• paraphrase

someone who has limited to no specific content knowledge

• audience

• layperson

• SME

• jargon

not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

• irrelevant

• persistent

• objective

• subjective

express the meaning of someone else's words in your own words

• paraphrase

• summary

• analysis

• review

taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own

• summarize

• Paraphrase

• analysis

• plagiarism

repeat or copy someone else's original words

• summary

• paraphrase

• quote

• plagiarize

technical words used by people of an organization, which may be difficult for others to understand.

• jargon

• analysis

• summary

• layperson

a connection from one point to another point in a piece of writing

• paragraph

• transition

• heading

• topic

to confirm accuracy

• objective

• verify

• transition

• renewal