Writing an Objective Summary

What are the two things an objective summary should never have?

• The main idea or theme

• The word "I" and your opinion
• Facts and Statistics
• The author's name and title of the article

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What does "objective" mean?

• No opinions or reactions, just the facts.
• Giving your personal reflections on the topic. 
• No statistics used to support the idea.
• Having plenty of evidence to support your opinion.

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Does the meaning of the text change when you write an objective summary?

• No, it's shorter but has the same meaning.
• Yes, of course the meaning changes because someone else is writing it.
• It depends on the material and who originally wrote it. 

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An objective summary should

• include quotes from the text.

• be brief, accurate, and objective.

• include all details from the text, whether they are relevant or irrelevant

• be brief, accurate, and subjective

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What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text

• a persuasive argument about a text

• a movie based off of a book

• a theme or universal lesson

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Which of the following questions should you definitely answer in a summary of the novel My Funny Friend Fiona?

• What’s Fiona’s neighbor’s favorite color?

• What happens to Fiona?

• Is My Funny Friend Fiona a boring book?

• How long did it take you to read My Funny Friend Fiona?

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What detail should be cut from the following summary?

My Funny Friend Fiona is a novel about a girl named Fiona. It’s really quick to read, and you should read it because it’s the funniest book in the world.

• the name of the main character

• the fact that the book is a novel

• the title of the book

• the opinion that it's the "funniest book in the world"

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What can you summarize?

• only novels

• only non-fiction

• movies

• anything you read, watch, or hear

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The article “The Three Men Who Invented the Telephone” is about three different men who contributed to the invention of the telephone. Which of the following should you include in a summary of this article?

• details about how smartphones and cell phones work

• a detail about where the phrase “put someone on hold” came from

• a brief explanation of how each man was involved in the invention of the telephone

• your opinion about who really invented the telephone

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What order do you put the "5 W's" in when writing a summary?

• Chronological order

• The order they are found in the text

• neither answer

• both answers

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