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Summarizing Informational Text

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following statements is true about SUMMARIZING?

a)

A summary should include many story details.

b)

A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.

c)

A summary should always be fiction.

d)

A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

2.

Which best describes what a summary is?

a)

The main or most important idea of the text

b)

A really long detailed piece of writing

c)

A dumb thing teachers make you write

d)

The entire text in your own words

3.
The main idea is...
a)
The order in which events happen in a story.
b)
A series of important details identified in a nonfiction text.
c)
The big idea or life lesson that the author wants us to take away from a fictional story.
d)
A brief statement that you create which shows/reflects what a nonfiction text is mainly talking about.
4.
A summary is...
a)
A list of key details in the text that are placed in the correct order.
b)
A short paragraph in a fictional story that reveals the big idea, lesson, or moral.
c)
A short paragraph that you create which includes the main idea of the text and some key important details.
d)
A short paragraph that you find in the text which includes the main idea and some key details.
5.
A key detail is...
a)
A life lesson that the author is trying to communicate to us.
b)
An important point in the text that can help us find the main idea
c)
Reveals the main characters in the story.
d)
Is the main point the author is trying to make about the topic.
6.
What is central idea?
a)
a topic of a text
b)
what the author is saying about the topic
c)
details that support a claim
d)
an opinion disguised as a fact
7.
When would you most likely summarize a book?
a)
when you want to forget a book you've read
b)
when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about
c)
when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book
d)
when you don't understand a vocabulary word you read in a book
8.
A summary should
a)
answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why
b)
describe the details but not the main ideas
c)
never mention the plot of the text
d)
always mention the age of the author
9.
You should write your summary
a)
in your own words with complete sentences
b)
in a secret language that you make up
c)
in one draft without revising
d)
in fragments without punctuation
10.
What can you summarize?
a)
only novels
b)
only nonfiction
c)
only movies
d)
anything you read or watch
11.
What is the first step to summarizing a passage?
a)
Carefully reading through and understanding the passage so you can make a better summary.
b)
Put the first important thing you see down without even reading the passage.
12.

What is the purpose of an informative writing?

a)

To convince readers to take your point of view

b)

To entertain the readers

c)

To educate readers on a certain topic

d)

To narrate a story

13.

What is not TRUE about an informative text?

a)

A type of writing that provides facts and ideas.

b)

A type of writing that explains or conveys information.

c)

A type of writing that answers the five W's and one H

d)

A type of writing that expresses opinion or try to convince others.