How to Write a Summary
Authored by Margaret Anderson
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8th - 11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of a summary?
to retell the story
to give your personal opinion
to present the writer's main ideas
to give advice to the audience
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you write a summary, you must present whose most important points?
The main character
The writer
Your own
The teacher
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you write a summary, instead of taking sentences directly from the passage, you should do what instead?
Paragraph
Plagiarise
Plan
Paraphrase
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
When you write a summary, you can add your own opinions and other information that you know.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When you write a summary, you can present an author's ideas in any order that you like.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To make a summary read more smoothly and to show how ideas are linked, you should use what?
Transitional words
Compound words
Descriptive words
General words
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A summary should be ___________________ percent of the original passage.
5%
25%
50%
30%
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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