EAPP - Summarizing

A summary is about the author’s arguments and details. It is not your personal opinions or judgments.

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In summarizing, the writer must use his own words.

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In summarizing, the writer must restate the most important ideas of the text.

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A summary should be between 10 to 25 percent of the original text’s length.

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If the summary is more than 25% of the original text’s length, the writer needs to delete more details and keep only the important information.

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Summarizing is a short restatement of an original text but does not necessarily include the main ideas.

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Summarizing is important in academic writing.

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In summarizing, it is important that the writer should acknowledge the source or author of the information in the original text.

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Comparing your summary with the original text is important.

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Summarizing is similar with paraphrasing.

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