INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMARIZING ARTICLESPlease summarize the attached article.The article can be written in a narrative form and should not exceed ¾ of a page. It should be written in clear, simple language. Your summary should discuss the purpose for the article, how the research was conducted, the results and other pertinent information from the article. Be sure to determine how the article is relevant to the work we do and how the information might be used in clinical practice. When writing your summary, please keep the following points in mind: · You must receive approval in advance from Rita to summarize articles. · Your summary must be submitted in WORD format, as a WORD document. · We will be publishing your summary in a future staff and/or family newsletter. · You must provide complete citation information (see below). Write a citation for the journal article at the top of the summary. The citation should follow the American Psychological Association’s style (see sample below). You will need to include the title of the article, the journal where the article is published, the volume number, the issue number, the publication date, the author’s name and page numbers. Sample citation in APA format: Jones, S.H. (2010). Playing the piano: Ten easy steps. Young Pianist, 90 (11), 88-90. In order to be paid for your time: 1. Be sure to put your name and the date you completed the work on your article summary. 2. Document your time and the date on your timecard. Write "Special Projects" in the client name space on your timecard. 3. Put the name of individual who assigned the Special project 4. Email the summary as a Word "attachment" to Pam at [email protected] 5. Send in a hard copy of the summary with your time card; it is "supporting documentation" of your time, just like a client daily note. 6. Provide all the necessary reference citation information (see above). 7. If you fail to include all the necessary reference information, your summary will be considered “incomplete documentation” for the purposes of payroll, and you will be asked to supply the missing information in order for us to be able to process your timecard. Thanks, Rita 10/18 M:\MAIN LINE WORD DOCS\training\INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMARIZING ARTICLES.doc Surname1 Name: Institution: Course: Date: Short Story:The Necklace Introduction In the short story, Guy de Maupassant uses various techniques in an attempt to put through his points. Various quotes have been used so as to stress the main points and to compare the situations that the characters were going through with other things in real life. This fact means that the author applied several literature devices in ‘driving the point home’. Some of the major devices used include imagery, metaphors and personification. The quotes and the literature devices have been used perfectly to bring out the image of the story in the readers’ minds. The quote, “She was one of those pretty and charming girls, born by a blunde.

1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUMMARIZING ARTICLESPlease
summarize the attached article.The article can be written in a
narrative form and should not exceed ¾ of a page. It should be
written in clear, simple language. Your summary should
discuss the purpose for the article, how the research was
conducted, the results and other pertinent information from the
article. Be sure to determine how the article is relevant to the
work we do and how the information might be used in clinical
practice.
When writing your summary, please keep the following points
in mind:
· You must receive approval in advance from Rita to summarize
articles.
· Your summary must be submitted in WORD format, as a
WORD document.
· We will be publishing your summary in a future staff and/or
family newsletter.
· You must provide complete citation information (see below).
Write a citation for the journal article at the top of the
summary. The citation should follow the American
Psychological Association’s style (see sample below). You will
need to include the title of the article, the journal where the
article is published, the volume number, the issue number, the
publication date, the author’s name and page numbers.
Sample citation in APA format:
Jones, S.H. (2010). Playing the piano: Ten easy steps. Young
Pianist, 90 (11), 88-90.

2. In order to be paid for your time:
1. Be sure to put your name and the date you completed the
work on your article summary.
2. Document your time and the date on your timecard. Write
"Special Projects" in the client name space on your timecard.
3. Put the name of individual who assigned the Special project
4. Email the summary as a Word "attachment" to Pam at
[email protected]
5. Send in a hard copy of the summary with your time card; it is
"supporting documentation" of your time, just like a client daily
note.
6. Provide all the necessary reference citation information (see
above).
7. If you fail to include all the necessary reference information,
your summary will be considered “incomplete documentation”
for the purposes of payroll, and you will be asked to supply the
missing information in order for us to be able to process your
timecard.
Thanks, Rita
10/18
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Surname1
Name:
Institution:
Course:
Date:
Short Story:The Necklace
Introduction

3. In the short story, Guy de Maupassant uses various techniques
in an attempt to put through his points. Various quotes have
been used so as to stress the main points and to compare the
situations that the characters were going through with other
things in real life. This fact means that the author applied
several literature devices in ‘driving the point home’. Some of
the major devices used include imagery, metaphors and
personification. The quotes and the literature devices have been
used perfectly to bring out the image of the story in the readers’
minds.
The quote, “She was one of those pretty and charming girls,
born by a blunder of destiny in a family of employees. She had
no dowry, no expectations, no means of being known,
understood, loved, marriedby a man rich and distinguished”
(Maupassant n.p). Here, the author explains the beauty of
Mathilde, which contrasted her financial well-being. Guy de
Maupassant uses imagery to stress on the beauty of Mathilde
and the poor conditions she was living in. Mostly, beautiful
ladies are usually associated with rich backgrounds. It is usually
not expected for beautiful girls to come from poor backgrounds.
Mathilde was definitely fantasizing about these according to the
quote “She let her mind dwell on the quiet vestibules, hung with
Oriental tapestries, lighted by tall lamps of bronze, and on the
two tall footmen in knee breeches who dozed in the large
armchairs, made drowsy by the heat of the furnace…”
(Maupassant n.p). Imagery is used to show how the
imaginations of Mathilde were good. House of rich people are
usually characterized with expensive decorations and fancy
furnishing. Guy de Maupassant shows how Mathilde was
fantasizing of the lives her fellow women in the Ball were
living.
Guy de Maupassant used hyperboles in showing that the
friendship between Mathilde and her friend was long. Good
friendships between individuals are characterized by many years
of being in the friendship. That point can be proved by the
quote “She had a rich friend, a comrade of her convent days…”

4. (Maupassant n.p). Mathilde and her friend had been friends for
so long that she could count on her if she was in trouble and in
need of help.
Guy de Maupassant explains how Mathilde thought critically of
a way she could ask for a necklace from the clerk without
creating suspicion that she was poor. Many individuals fear or
feel shy to quote low prices in high profile shops because they
do not want the clerks to realize they are not of the social class.
The quote “She reflected a few seconds, going over her
calculations, and thinking also of the sum which she might ask
without meeting an immediate refusal and a frightened
exclamation from the frugal clerk” explains Mathilde’s case
(Maupassant n.p). In the story, she wanted the clerk to think
that she was just another ordinary buyer looking for jewelry.
Maupassant uses a metaphor to show the desperate nature of
Mathilde. In many situations, people attending parties tend to
dress expensively while donning expensive jewelries. The quote
“It annoys me not to have a jewel, not a single stone, to put on.
I shall look wretched. I would almost rather not go to this
party” shows that Mathilde was desperate to wear expensive
jewelry for the party (Maupassant n.p). She did not have any
piece of jewelry to put on that she had to call them stones.
The quote “her heart began to beat with boundless desire”
clearly shows the joy that engulfed Mathilde on seeing the
necklace (Maupassant n.p). Maupassant uses imagery to show
the happiness that Mathilde had when she finally saw the
diamond necklace that impressed her. Certain jewelries,
especially diamond jewelries, are so expensive and classy that
most people get impressed by them. Mathilde new that she had
finally found the perfect neck-turning necklace that would put
her into the same position as the other rich women in the event.
The quote “Mme. Loisel learned the horrible life of the needy.
She made the best of it, moreover, frankly, heroically” shows
how much trouble Mathilde had to go through so as to raise the
cash (Maupassant n.p). Maupassant uses metaphors to show how
Mathilde went through hard jobs and struggles in order to repay

5. the debts that had engulfed them. In debt repayment, people
often work extra hard so as to raise the money owed. Many
people happen to work double jobs, day and night so as to raise
the money. She had to do household chores for many people so
that she would be able to earn enough to repay the debts.
Guy de Maupassant has used hyperboles to show the perceived
difference in class between Mathilde and Mme. Forestier that
she was surprised to be addressed by a low class person in her
first name. In many situations, people in the low class tend to
address the high class individuals in an official manner. The
surprise in Mme. Forestier is shown by the quote “The other did
not recognize her, astonished to be hailed thus familiarly by this
woman of the people”(Maupassant n.p). Mathilde’s physical
appearance had worsened over the ten years such that she
looked very poor and different than she was before.
Guy de Maupassant has made the use of onomatopoeia to show
the surprise of Mme. Forestier when she met Mathilde. Many
people usually exclaim when they are surprised. The use of
various words which also depict sounds is common. The
surprise in Mme. Forestier is shown by the use of ‘Oh’ in the
quote “Oh, my poor Mathilde. But mine were
false…”(Maupassant n.p). She was surprised at how far
Mathilde had gone to repay her necklace despite being just an
imitation.
Simile is used to show the comparisons made by Mathilde on
how a beautiful woman should look. Women are mostly valued
in accordance to their beauty. Their wealth or financial statuses
do not matter in evaluation of women. This can be shown by the
quote “a pretty, charming poor woman can be the equal of the
loftiest dame” (Maupassant n.p). In the story, Guy de
Maupassant thinks that the beauty of women lies on their
physical appearance and not their finances, like in the case of
Mathilde.
Conclusion
Guy de Maupassant has used various literature techniques
in creating the right image of the story in the readers’ minds.

6. The readers are able to have a clear vision of the activities in
the story and follow the plot of the story to the end. The use of
such techniques, such as similes and imagery, in the quotes, has
also made the story interesting to the readers. The theme of the
story relates to the society today in that many people enter into
heavy debts just because of trying to fit in a certain social class.
This ends up having negative long term effects on them, either
financially or socially.
Work Cited
Maupassant, Guy de. The Necklace. Mankato: Creative
Education, 1992. Print.
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7/15/09 1 hour
Traumatic Brain Injury - An Overview of the Signature Injury
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former Medical Director, Northeast Center for Special Care,
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