Objective Summary of Informational Text

An objective summary

• tells a story, is three paragraphs in length, written in your own words.

• is a narrative essay

• focuses on the central ideas, is short, written in your own words, omits minor details

To summarize ask yourself:

• who, what, where, when, why and how something happened and what was the outcome

• did this really happen

• how do I write my summary

After you identify the main idea you-

• verb it

• name it

• write the major details to support it

Identify the "Central Idea" part in the paragraph below:

The article “Take a Stand” by Jean Lewis describes Rosa Park’s feelings on the day that she was arrested. When Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, she was arrested. Neither old nor tired as some assume, forty-two year old Rosa was simply fed up with the way she had been treated.

• The article "Take a Stand" by Jean Lewis

• Rosa Park's feelings on the day that she was arrested

• describes

An objective summary is a...

• A short statement that gives the main points or ideas of a subject objectively, without opinion.

• A short article placed alongside a longer article that contains additional or contrasting information.

• A title given to a section that helps indicate the main idea of that section of text.

• A short sentence or two that appears below a headline that summarizes what the article is about.

an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.

• Problem and Solution

• Objective Summary

• Propel the Action

• Technical Meaning

An overview of the passage that does not include personal opinions.

• Opinion

• Factual Information

• Objective Summary

• Central idea

What does summarizing information in a text involve?

• Repeating the text word for word to ensure accuracy

• Focusing on minor details and examples

• Condensing the main ideas and key details into a shorter form

• Presenting a new argument or perspective

Which of the following is an example of summarizing information?

• Quoting a sentence from the text

• Listing all the topics mentioned in the text

• Explaining the main points of the text in your own words

• Discussing how the text made you feel

So, what is the summary prompt of this exercise?

• Solo dining

• What is solo dining

• How restaurants are changing to make people who are eating out feel more welcome.

• When eating out in a restaurant, customers have traditionally booked a table for two.