Assessment

Which of the following are the basic rules for summarizing academic texts?

• A. Erase things that don't matter

• B. Trade, general terms for specific names

• C. Include your thoughts, opinion, or prediction C

• D. Use your own words to write the summary

Why summarizing is important?

• A. It concentrates on the gist and key words presented in the text.

• B. It captures the supporting ideas in the text.

• C. It deepens your confusion of the text.

• D. It combines the irrelevant information in the text.

What should be in your summary?

• A. Pictures

• B. Main Points

• C. Details

• D. The whole story

What is the primary purpose of summarizing an academic text?

• A. To shorten the original text while retaining its essential information

• B. To express personal opinions

• C. To critique the author's arguments

Which of the following is an effective strategy for summarizing long academic texts?

• A. Reading only the introduction and conclusion

• B. Skimming the text without taking notes

• C. Summarizing after each paragraph without understanding the context

• D. Breaking the text into sections and summarizing each one

It is important to include every detail from the original text in your summary.

• True

• False

Summaries should be written in your own words to avoid plagiarism, even when the ideas are from the original text.

• True

• False

Which of the following scenarios is correct?

• A. Nick copied everything from the book.

• B. Jonas added some of his related research to the information presented in the text.

• C. Cole extended the message of the text.

• D. Thomas extracted the key ideas from the text.