This document provides guidance on writing a summary composition. It instructs the reader to identify the key points, ideas, sections, and author of the source essay. The summary should have an introduction stating the author and topic in 1-2 sentences. The body should combine stages of thought and remind the reader the ideas are not the author's. It should use the author's name to attribute ideas and end by leaving the reader with a major idea or question. Quotations should be used word for word from the text while paraphrasing puts ideas in the writer's own words. A summary condenses the same ideas into shorter form using the writer's own words.

1. Drafting a Summary Composition I—J. Santoy