{"id":368,"date":"2015-06-01T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T21:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=368"},"modified":"2015-06-01T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T21:13:10","slug":"how-to-write-a-summary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/how-to-write-a-summary\/","title":{"raw":"How to Write a Summary","rendered":"How to Write a Summary"},"content":{"raw":"Summarizing\u00a0consists of\u00a0two\u00a0important skills:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>identifying the important material in the text, and<\/li>\r\n\t<li>restating the text in your own words.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nSince writing a summary consists of omitting minor information, it will always be shorter than the original text.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of two hands writing next to each other, holding black pens and wearing white gloves\" width=\"238\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h3>How to Write a Summary<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>A summary begins with an\u00a0<em>introductory sentence<\/em>\u00a0that states the text\u2019s title, author and main thesis or subject.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary contains the main\u00a0<em>thesis<\/em>\u00a0(or main point of the text), restated in your own words.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary is\u00a0<em>written in your own words<\/em>.\u00a0It contains few or no quotes.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary is\u00a0<em>always shorter than the original text<\/em>, often about 1\/3 as long as the original.\u00a0\u00a0It is the ultimate \u201cfat-free\u201d writing. \u00a0An article or paper may be summarized in a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. A book may be summarized in an article or a short paper. \u00a0A very large book may be summarized in a smaller book.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary should\u00a0<em>contain all the major points<\/em>\u00a0of the original text,\u00a0but should\u00a0<em>ignore most of the fine details<\/em>, examples, illustrations or explanations.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The backbone of any summary is formed by\u00a0<em>critical information<\/em>\u00a0(key names, dates, places, ideas, events, words and numbers). A summary must never rely on vague generalities.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>If you quote anything from the original text, even an unusual word or a catchy phrase,\u00a0you need to put whatever you quote in quotation marks (\u201c\u201d).<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary must contain only the ideas of the original text.\u00a0<em>Do not insert<\/em>\u00a0any of\u00a0<em>your own opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments<\/em>\u00a0into a summary.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary, like any other writing, has to have a specific audience and purpose,\u00a0and you must carefully write it to serve that audience and fulfill that specific purpose.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<p>Summarizing\u00a0consists of\u00a0two\u00a0important skills:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>identifying the important material in the text, and<\/li>\n<li>restating the text in your own words.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since writing a summary consists of omitting minor information, it will always be shorter than the original text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of two hands writing next to each other, holding black pens and wearing white gloves\" width=\"238\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-65x45.jpg 65w, https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-225x156.jpg 225w, https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing-350x243.jpg 350w, https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2015\/06\/writing.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Write a Summary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A summary begins with an\u00a0<em>introductory sentence<\/em>\u00a0that states the text\u2019s title, author and main thesis or subject.<\/li>\n<li>A summary contains the main\u00a0<em>thesis<\/em>\u00a0(or main point of the text), restated in your own words.<\/li>\n<li>A summary is\u00a0<em>written in your own words<\/em>.\u00a0It contains few or no quotes.<\/li>\n<li>A summary is\u00a0<em>always shorter than the original text<\/em>, often about 1\/3 as long as the original.\u00a0\u00a0It is the ultimate \u201cfat-free\u201d writing. \u00a0An article or paper may be summarized in a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs. A book may be summarized in an article or a short paper. \u00a0A very large book may be summarized in a smaller book.<\/li>\n<li>A summary should\u00a0<em>contain all the major points<\/em>\u00a0of the original text,\u00a0but should\u00a0<em>ignore most of the fine details<\/em>, examples, illustrations or explanations.<\/li>\n<li>The backbone of any summary is formed by\u00a0<em>critical information<\/em>\u00a0(key names, dates, places, ideas, events, words and numbers). A summary must never rely on vague generalities.<\/li>\n<li>If you quote anything from the original text, even an unusual word or a catchy phrase,\u00a0you need to put whatever you quote in quotation marks (\u201c\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>A summary must contain only the ideas of the original text.\u00a0<em>Do not insert<\/em>\u00a0any of\u00a0<em>your own opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments<\/em>\u00a0into a summary.<\/li>\n<li>A summary, like any other writing, has to have a specific audience and purpose,\u00a0and you must carefully write it to serve that audience and fulfill that specific purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-368\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Writing a Summary. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Elisabeth Ellington and Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Chadron State College. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csc.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.csc.edu\/<\/a>. <strong>Project<\/strong>: Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Image of two hands. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: isado. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4c9cZA\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4c9cZA<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-ND: Attribution-NoDerivatives<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":277,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Writing a Summary\",\"author\":\"Elisabeth Ellington and Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer\",\"organization\":\"Chadron State College\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.csc.edu\/\",\"project\":\"Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of two hands\",\"author\":\"isado\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4c9cZA\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-368","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":199,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368\/revisions\/370"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/199"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/368\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}