Summarizing

What do you express when you 'summarize?'

• trivial information

• essential information

• examples

What do you re-state in your own words when you 'summarize?'

• specific ideas

• key examples

• main ideas

What do you do when you 'summarize?'

• shorten the text

• re-state the text

• lengthen the text

When you 'summarize,' you should...

• exclude the essential information

• copy the text

• reduce a longer text

When you 'summarize,' you should NOT...

• include all the information

• paraphrase the original text

• include only the essential information

How long should a 'summary' be? Approximately...

• one-half of the text

• one-third of the text

• one-fourth of the text

When you summarize a text, DON'T...

• reduce a longer text

• express the main ideas in your own words

• change the meaning of the text

When you 'summarize,' you should...

• use synonyms to express the same ideas from a text

• use synonyms to copy ideas from a text

• use only the words in a text