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Summary of Writing Essay

Summary of Writing Essay. Purpose:. To summarize a piece of writing. To share the main idea and underlying details of a piece of writing. To understand the author’s purpose. What does a Summary of Reading Essay Need ?. The title of the article and the name of the author.

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Summary of Writing Essay

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  1. Summary of Writing Essay

  2. Purpose: • To summarize a piece of writing. • To share the main idea and underlying details of a piece of writing. • To understand the author’s purpose.

  3. What does a Summary of Reading Essay Need? • The title of the article and the name of the author. • A statement of the main idea and the underlying meaning. • Detailswhich support the main idea and underlying meaning.

  4. What Does it Look Like?

  5. Topic sentence (with name of article and author’s name) • Statement of main idea. • Body Paragraphs (2 or more)=details and facts that back up your main idea (proof/ evidence). • Closing paragraph, including the overall importance and meaning of the selection/article.

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