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    English Composition 1

    How to Write a Summary


    Proficient students understand that summarizing, identifying what is most important and
    restating the text (or other media) in your own words, is an important tool for college
    success.

    After all, if you really know a subject, you will be able to summarize it. If you cannot
    summarize a subject, even if you have memorized all the facts about it, you can be
    absolutely sure that you have not learned it. And, if you truly learn the subject, you will still
    be able to summarize it months or years from now.

    Proficient students may monitor their understanding of a text by summarizing as they read.
    They understand that if they can write a one- or two-sentence summary of each paragraph
    after reading it, then that is a good sign that they have correctly understood it. If they can
    not summarize the main idea of the paragraph, they know that comprehension has broken
    down and they need to use fix-up strategies to repair understanding.

    Summary Writing Format

    • When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph.


    • A summary begins with an introductory sentence that states the text’s title, author and main
    point of the text as you see it.
    • A summary is written in your own words.
    • A summary contains only the ideas of the original text. Do not insert any of your own
    opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments into a summary.
    • Identify in order the significant sub-claims the author uses to defend the main point.
    • Copy word-for-word three separate passages from the essay that you think support and/or
    defend the main point of the essay as you see it.
    • Cite each passage by first signaling the work and the author, put “quotation marks” around
    the passage you chose, and put the number of the paragraph where the passages can be
    found immediately after the passage.
    • Using source material from the essay is important. Why? Because defending claims with
    source material is what you will be asked to do when writing papers for your college
    professors.
    • Write a last sentence that “wraps” up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main
    point.

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