Understanding Summaries

What is the main purpose of identifying main ideas when creating a summary?

• to confuse the reader with unnecessary information

• to include unimportant details

• to make the summary longer

• to focus on the most important information

How can you make your summary shorter than the original text?

• by making the summary longer and using complicated language

• by including all information, whether important or not, and using ambiguous language

• by including only the most important information and using clear language

• by including unimportant details and using difficult language

Why is it important to understand the main ideas of a text before attempting to create a summary?

• To waste time and effort on understanding the main ideas

• To make the summary longer and more detailed

• To make sure that you include all of the main ideas of the text.

• To confuse the reader with unnecessary information

What problems are there when you copy and paste in your summary?

• being creative

• improving your writing skills

• writing in your own words

• lack of understanding

The main idea is the _________ idea in a text.

• most important

• least important

• not very important

• the introduction

When you write a summary, it is a good idea to ____

• read the headings and topic sentences, and look for key words

• ignore headings and subheadings

• don't read topic sentences

After you write your summary, you should check that it has the same meaning as the original texts.

• True

• False

Your summary should be the same length as the original text.

• True

• False

When you write a summary, you should write the same information in your own words.

• True

• False

When you write a summary, you should write new information and your own ideas.

• True

• False