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You should write your summary

• in your own words with complete sentences
• in a secret language that you make up
• in one draft without revising
• in fragments without punctuation

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The dodo bird used to roam in large flocks across America.  Interestingly, the dodo wasn’t startled by gun shot.  Because of this, frontiersmen would kill entire flocks in one sitting.  Unable to sustain these attacks, the dodo was hunted to extinction.

• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect
• Sequence
• Compare and Contrast

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summarize

• 
  common characteristics; identifies how things are alike or similar
• 
  to arrive at a decision, to close or bring to an end
• 
  present the main points of a text in a concise form
• 
  best chance of happening or being correct

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Which of the following sentences is an example of expository writing?

• The paint on the car was the most unusual color, sort-of a purple green mix.  
• To get to the gas station, take a right at the next light and then go one more block.  It will be on your left.
• Spaghetti is the best food on the planet.
• Bob the sloth moved very slowly to the edge of the branch.

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Should this be included in a good summary? “Russia is a great nation that is ruled by Vladimir Putin.”

• Yes
• No
• May be

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You should write your summary

• in your own words with complete sentences.
  
• in a secret language that you make up.
  
• in one draft without revising.
  
• in fragments without punctuation.

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A summary should be written in your own words.

• True

• False

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A condensed (shortened) version of an original text is a...

• theme

• tone

• inference

• summary

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Which detail would be relevant to this main idea? There are many fun things to do at the beach.

• Playing kickball can be lots of fun.

• It is fun to walk along the shore and look for shells.

• Some people burn easily in the sun.

• Unfortunately, we don't live that close to a beach.

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What is the Pashtunwali code?

• a code that governs have Pashtuns live

• the way Malala "talks" with her friend, Safina

• a way of communicating with the people in the mountain village

• the writing of Islam

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