what is summary writing it's objectives techniques steps in writing a summary main idea paraphrasing supporting details and some of the examples :

1. Summary writing

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4. Summary writing
A WAY OF EXPRESSING ALL THE IMPORTANT
INFORMATION IN A READING TEXT, IN A
SHORT AND CLEAR MANNER.
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5. Objectives
✘ Give the appropriate definition for summary.
✘ 2. Know the characteristics of a good
summary.
✘ 3. Learn the techniques In summary writing.
✘ 4. Learn the steps in summary writing.
✘ 5. Practice
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6. In summary writing, you are requires to display your ability to do the
following:
✘ To understand the requirements of the task
✘ To understand large quantities of information
✘ To identify and select the important points
✘ To combine and organize the information in a logical order.
✘ To paraphrase or rewrite the ideas in your own words and to present
them in short, clear sentences
✘ To use grammatically correct and appropriate language
✘ To use correct mechanics such as correct spelling and punctuations
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7. Technique in summary
writing
✘ Paraphrasinging
✘ Grasping the central ideas
✘ Ways of condensation
✘ Finding the topic sentence and making an outline
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8. Steps in writing a summary
✘ Read the article
✘ To understand the article and find the general theme
✘ ■ Reread the article
✘ Divide the sections and label each section.
✘ Understand the important Parts
✘ ■ Expressed in your own words to avoid plagiarism
✘ ■ Occasional Supporting ideas if necessary
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11. A paragraph is made up of related sentences that develop a MAIN
IDEA. The sentences in a paragraph should provide evidence for the
main idea of the paragraph.
What are the SUPPORTING DETAILS?
✘ These are details or sentences that
work together to communicate the
main idea. They give information that
supports the main idea.
✘ There should be at least three details
to provide strong support for the main
idea. Supporting details can be
descriptions, definitions, examples,
elaboration or exploration of the main
idea.
What is the MAIN IDEA of a paragraph?
✘ The central or main theme of a
paragraph
✘ This is the overall point of the
paragraph..
✘ The main idea is the point of the
paragraph. It is the most important
thought about the topic. ... The author
can locate the main idea in different
places within a paragraph.
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13. Paraphrasing
Restating in your own words what
another person has said or written. In
other words, paraphrasing is the ability to
write your own version of the essential
information without changing the
meaning and facts of the original text. It is
an essential skill for summarizing.

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How to paraphrase:
Reread the sentence or section several times until you completely understand
it.Then, “translate” it into your own words, making sure that you keep ALL of the
original ideas.You may find it difficult to paraphrase word for words so you may
want to rearrange sentence structures for greater clarity.
EXAMPLES
Original Version:
American Greeting Corporation is the largest public listed greeting card
company in the world.
Paraphrased Version:
American Greeting Corporation is the world’s biggest public listed greeting card
company.

15. GUIDELINES IN
WRITING A SUMMARY
 You must first read the passage once
to get a general idea of what the
passage is about.
 Then study the question carefully to
make sure you understand the task at
hand.
 Underline the key words in the
question to keep focused so that you
do not deviate from the task at hand.
 Then read the passage and jot down or
underline the main points and other
relevant information.
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16. Leave out irrelevant examples, illustrations:
Leave out irrelevant examples, illustrations, explanations,
repetitions, direct speech, quotations, and figurative
expressions.
then based on your main points, write out your first draft.
Try to use your own words as far as possible by paraphrasing
words used by the writer.
DO NOT add your own information or opinions that are not
found in the passage.
Use linkers such as 'first', 'next', ‘then’, ‘whereas’, ‘furthermore’,
‘moreover’ and 'finally' to show logical sequence and cohesion in
your summary.

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18. Examples :
Skipping breakfast might seem like an easy way
for dieters to cut calories. However, new
research finds that the majority of people who
are successful at losing weight and keeping it off
eat breakfast every day.(36 words)
Summarized paragraph :
Research shows that people who wish to lose
weight do not skip breakfast.(12 words)

19. Examples :
Eating breakfast helps you spread out your hunger
and manage your food intake better throughout the
day. If you start out the day by eating something,
you don’t get this burning hunger later that causes
you to overeat.(38 words)
Summarized paragraph:
Eating breakfast keeps you feeling full and prevents
you from overeating.(11 words)

20. ✘ Can be understand without Refrence to the orignal.
✘ Is brief without Any unnecessary details.
✘ Is a faithful reproduction
✘ contains only the ideas
✘ information of the original.
✘ Is a readable unified whole
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Characteristics of a
good summary

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