Summarizing Nonfiction and Fiction

How can creating an outline help in summarizing a nonfiction text effectively?

• An outline provides a roadmap for summarizing the text by highlighting essential information and structuring the summary effectively.

• An outline makes summarizing harder by confusing the reader

• An outline helps in summarizing by adding unnecessary details

• An outline limits the ability to summarize effectively

A story or text that is true is called

• fiction

• nonfiction

• makebelieve

Appears in the opening paragraph and explains the main idea of the text.

• evidence

• topic sentence

• explanation

• conclusion

The main idea should be included in a summary.

• True

• False

A summary includes enough details to tell the important ideas, but not too many unimportant details.

• True

• False

A summary may include one or two quotes from the text but should not include only quotes from the text.

• True

• False

A summary includes only the most important ideas.

• True

• False

Based on real facts and information -

• fiction

• realistic fiction

• nonfiction

• historical fiction

What the text is mostly about is called the -

• lesson learned

• problem

• main idea

• theme

What is the primary purpose of summarizing a nonfiction text?

• To provide a detailed analysis of the text

• To highlight the main points and essential information

• To rewrite the text in your own words

• To critique the author's writing style