Summarizing Nonfiction

What strategy should you use when writing a summary?

• act like an airline pilot

• stare at the wall

• hope that something gets written

• act like a reporter

All nonfiction summary contents should be....

• subjective

• objective

• lame

• ridiculously funny

You should look for any key words or phrases in the text to use in your summary. Which would be an example a key word or phrase?

• title

• author

• headings

• main idea

The ______ _______ is the main point of each paragraph or section of the text.

The middle sentences of your summary should contain....... (click all that apply)

• title of the text

• 5W's & H

• key points/support/examples

• repeated words or phrases

• closing sentence

The closing sentence is the last sentence of your objective summary. It does what?

• wraps up the ideas

• introduces new ideas

• contains the title of the article

• talks about something completely irrelevant

Summaries must be _______ and not have any opinions.

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading

• write about what I read

• include the key points of a text

• all of the above

What does BME stand for?

• Beginning, Main Idea, and End

• Before, Main Idea, and Ending

• Beginning, Middle and End

• Back, Middle, and End

A summary does what?

• nothing

• tells an opinion

• makes an educated guess

• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points