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ii. Prepare a summary of the passage

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Answered by Anonymous
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To summarize, you must read a passage closely, finding the main ideas and supporting ideas. Then you must briefly write down those ideas in a few sentences or a paragraph. It is important to understand the difference between a summary and a paraphrase. A paraphrase is simply a rewriting of a passage in your own words.

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Answered by nisthainn
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Summarizing a Paragraph

A summary is a short retelling of a longer written passage, containing the author’s  most important ideas. Summarizing helps improve both your reading and writing  skills. To summarize, you must read a passage closely, finding the main ideas and  supporting ideas. Then you must briefly write down those ideas in a few sentences  or a paragraph.  It is important to understand the difference between a summary and a paraphrase.  A paraphrase is simply a rewriting of a passage in your own words. A summary, on  the other hand, contains only the main idea and the supporting ideas of a passage.  

A summary will be much shorter than a paraphrase.

How to Summarize a Paragraph

1. Preview and read. Preview and read the paragraph closely. You probably

will find that you need to read the paragraph more than one time.

2. Make a list or outline. Determine the main idea and the supporting details of

the paragraph. Make a list or outline of these ideas. Be sure to use your

own words.

3. Write a summary. Using your list, write a summary of the paragraph. State

the main ideas, followed by important ideas. Limit your summary to just one

or two sentences.

4. Read aloud and correct. Read the summary aloud, correcting any mistakes.

EXAMPLE OF A SUMMARY

Original

“The Northern Lights”

There are times when the night sky glows with bands of color. The bands may  begin as cloud shapes and then spread into a great arc across the entire sky. They  may fall in folds like a curtain drawn across the heavens. The lights usually grow  brighter, then suddenly dim. During this time the sky glows with pale yellow, pink,  green, violet, blue, and red. These lights are called the Aurora Borealis. Some  people call them the Northern Lights. Scientists have been watching them for  hundreds of years. They are not quite sure what causes them. In ancient times  Long Beach City College WRSC  people were afraid of the Lights. They imagined that they saw fiery dragons in the  sky. Some even concluded that the heavens were on fire.

Summary

The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are bands of color in the night sky. Ancient  people thought that these lights were dragon on fire, and even modern scientists  are not sure what they are.

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