Summarizing STAAR

How many parts of a summary should you include?

• TWO

• THREE

• FOUR

• FIVE

What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

• There is no difference.

• Summarizing tells you the whole story. Paraphrasing tells you a part of it.

• Paraphrasing tells the story in your own words, Summarizing uses words from the story.

• Summarizing uses your own words and paraphrasing uses words from the text.

STAAR 2.0 is testing me on the following skills:

• Author's Purpose

  Summarizing

  Organization Patterns

  Key Ideas

  Inferring

• Reading

  Writing

  Main Idea

  Revising

  Editing

• Claim

  Evidence

  Reasons

  Thesis Statement

  Citing Sources

• Capitalization

  Usage

  Punctuation

  Spelling

  Sentence Structures

What is the primary purpose of summarizing a text?

• To provide a detailed analysis

• To list all the facts

• To give a brief overview

• To rewrite the text in your own words

Which of the following is a key component of a good summary?

• Including personal opinions

• Using direct quotes

• Highlighting main ideas

• Adding new information

When summarizing a story, what should you focus on?

• Minor details

• Main events

• Character names

• Exact dialogue

What is the difference between a summary and a critique?

• A summary includes personal opinions, a critique does not

• A critique is shorter than a summary

• A summary is objective, a critique includes analysis

• A critique is objective, a summary includes analysis

Which sentence best summarizes the paragraph? 'The cat chased the mouse through the garden, over the fence, and into the neighbor's yard.'

• The cat and mouse played in the garden.

• The cat chased the mouse into the neighbor's yard.

• The mouse ran away from the cat.

• The cat and mouse were in the neighbor's yard.

What should you avoid when writing a summary?

• Using your own words

• Including main points

• Adding personal opinions

• Being concise

How does summarizing help in understanding a text?

• It confuses the reader

• It highlights minor details

• It focuses on main ideas

• It provides unnecessary information