Summarizing techniques

It is defined as taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points.

• Summary

• Summarizing

• Main Idea

• Supporting Idea

A summary has three aims; True or False.

• True

• False; it has 4 aims

• False; it has 2 aims

• False; it has 1 aim

Which of the following are the aims of summarizing?

• to reproduce and express the overarching ideas in a text, identifying the general concepts that run through the entire piece

• to express ideas

• to shorten the academic text one quarter of the original text

• to make it more understandable

It is an act of stealing one's literary work.

• Copying

• Ghost writing

• Plagiarism

• None of the above

How many main idea should an academic text have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many supporting details should an academic text have?

• Doesn't matter

• Only one

• There's no limitation

• As many as possible

“Somebody Wanted But So Then” is an excellent summarizing strategy for stories wherein somebody answers the question ____.

• What does the main charter want?

• Tell how the story ends.

• How does the main character solve the problem?

• Who is the story about?

“Somebody Wanted But So Then” is an excellent summarizing strategy for stories wherein WANTED answers the question ____.

• What does the main charter want?

• Tell how the story ends.

• How does the main character solve the problem?

• Who is the story about?

“Somebody Wanted But So Then” is an excellent summarizing strategy for stories wherein BUT answers the question ____.

• What does the main charter want?

• Identify a problem that the main character encountered.

• How does the main character solve the problem?

• Who is the story about?

The SAAC method is another useful technique for summarizing any kind of text. What does SAAC stands for?

• State, Assign, Action, Complete

• State, Assignment, Action, Complete

• State, Assign, Action, Correct

• State, Assign, Act, Complete