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Creating a Summary

Creating a Summary. What is a Summary?. A comprehensive, but brief, version of an original work Can be a sentence, a paragraph or a longer work. Why do we need to write summaries? To report on another person’s work To create a shorter version of our own work. Creating a Summary.

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Creating a Summary

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  1. Creating a Summary

  2. What is a Summary? • A comprehensive, but brief, version of an original work • Can be a sentence, a paragraph or a longer work. • Why do we need to write summaries? • To report on another person’s work • To create a shorter version of our own work

  3. Creating a Summary • Read the original work thoroughly • Take notes • Highlight important content • Create one sentence for each paragraph • Capture the main idea • Find the topic sentence and look at the concluding sentence for ideas

  4. Things to Remember • Be sure to include the author’s full name and the title of the work. • Do not use the author’s words – use your own! You may quote the author. • Plagiarism link: www.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorial/plagiarism-flash.html • The summary should be significantly shorter than the original. • You might be even asked to write just one or two sentences to create a summary. • Do not add new or additional information. • Only ideas contained in the article are reported in a summary – not your opinion!

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