The document discusses how to write a summary, including defining a summary as a condensed version of the original that covers the main ideas. It states that a summary contains an introduction, discussion, and conclusion. The introduction includes a topic sentence and outlines what will be summarized. The discussion summarizes the key points in the original using one's own words. The conclusion restates the focus and highlights the author's conclusions. The document outlines the steps of prewriting, writing, and revising a summary and provides tips such as including only important ideas and avoiding unnecessary details or technical jargon.

1. “HOW TO WRITE SUMMARY”
Prepared by:
Pangambam Sendash Singh
M.Sc. Computer Science 1st Semester
Roll no. 22
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2. Overview of the presentation:
 What is summary?
 Contents of a summary.
 Steps in drafting a summary.
 Some important points
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3. What is summary?
 Well organized condensed(about 1/10)
version of a document or speech.
 Shorter but covers all the important points
giving clear overview of original’s main idea.
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4. Contents of a summary:
 Contains three parts:
1. Introduction
2. Discussion
3. Conclusion
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5. Introduction
 Begin with a topic sentence.
 Contains major points to be discussed.
 Tells what source to be summarized.
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6. Discussion
 Summarize main points covered in the
original document/speech.
 State original/author’s point of view by your
own words.
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7. Conclusion
 Restate focus statement.
 Remind key ideas.
 Highlight author’s conclusion and
recommendations for future activity.
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8. Steps in drafting summary:
1. Prewriting
2. Writing
3. Rewriting
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9. Prewriting:
 Write notes regarding the speech/document.
 Determine exactly what it tells.
 Mark important points.
 Write a one or two sum up words in margins
of each paragraph.
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10. Writing:
 Review your prewriting
 If significant points are omitted, include them.
 If insignificant points are included, delete them.
 Write a rough draft
 Draft the text of the summary following the
criteria.
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11. Rewriting:
 Revise the rough draft:
 Add detail for accuracy.
 Delete unnecessary information.
 Simplify complex terms.
 Summary parallel to original document/speech.
 Correct errors.
 Avoid sexist language and multicultural biases.
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12. Some important points:
 Include only the key ideas stating their
significances.
 Omit irrelevant details, examples,
explanations, descriptions.
 Avoid technical jargons, definitions.
 Be sure that summary truly reflects the
original content.
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13. Some important points(Cont.):
 Audience recognition:
 Technical writing is useless if reader don’t
understand the contents.
 Determine whether audience is high
tech/low tech/lay while deciding about
omission of definitions, explanations,
examples.
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