The document discusses the differences between summary and analysis. A summary provides the basic outline or premise of a story by informing readers of the key events using the W's (who, what, when, where, why, how). It is an observation and should only be used to make points. Analysis is an argument or interpretation that delves deeper into a text's meaning and symbols to understand the author's message. It provides personal opinions and perspectives supported by evidence from the text. The document advises using the PIE method for analysis by making a point, providing illustrations, and giving explanations.

1. SUMMARY AND
ANALYSIS
What’s the difference?!

2. SUMMARY
 Summary is basically what it sounds like…summing something
up, or giving you the basic outline or premise of a story. It tells what
happens in a text, or series of events.
 Summary is an observation.
 The purpose of a summary is to inform your readers and let them
know what's going on…give them the basic gist.

3. SUMMARY CONT.
 Summary often uses the W’s
• Who
• What
• When
• Where
W’s
• Why
• How

4. SUMMARY CONT.
 You should only use summary when you need to make points.
 If you are summarizing then you are just giving a basic outline of
the plot and you aren't doing the important work of critically
evaluating and really diving into the text.
 Think of summary as a way of recapping-like explaining to a
friend the latest episode of your favorite show…you would want to
inform them and give them the basic points.

5. ANALYSIS
 Analysis is an argument or your take on a certain interpretation of
a plot or text.
 We use analysis to take apart certain parts of a text to look at them
closer and really delve into the meaning of the words and symbols
and really see what the author was trying to get across.
 You should really hone in and narrow your focus to a specific part
of a text or passage in order to perform a good analysis.

6. ANALYSIS CONT.
 An analysis is more of an inference than an observation. Its your
take on the plot and characters.
 It was interesting to read in the PowerPoint our teacher did that
“Forming a thoughtful argument based on evidence is something we
do every day for all sorts of reasons.” I never really thought about
decision making as something so complex but perhaps it is.

7. ANALYSIS CONT.
 Think of analysis as you would a movie critic or a book critic, you
want to give the plot without giving away the juicy details. You should
give your personal opinion and perspective but in a way that is
respectful to the text.

8. IN CONCLUSION
 The differences between summary and analysis is that summary is the basic idea of a text
where analysis is more of the underlying meaning and unwritten essence.
 To help yourself differentiate you should use the PIE acronym:
P-Your argument needs to have a Point.
I-You need to have support or Illustrations to back up your point
E-You should have an Explanation why your talking about what you are, or
an explanation for the points your making.