Techniques In Summarizing Academic Text

Question 1

process of putting main idea(s) into own words

significantly shorter and looks in a broad perspective

Answer 1

Summarizing

Question 2

What are the 6 ways to summarize?

Answer 2

• outlining
• graphic organizer
• magnet summaries
• journalist’s questions
• gist summaries
• somebody wanted but so

Question 3

to study and organize information

it presents: main idea/topic, subtopics, summary

Answer 3

Outlining

Question 4

represent infos visually in a clear and logical manner

Answer 4

Graphic organizer

Question 5

expands key terms (only relevant information)

Answer 5

Magnet summaries

Question 6

includes 5Ws and H

Answer 6

Journalist’s questions

Question 7

Generating interaction between schemata and text

20 word summary

Answer 7

Gist summaries

Question 8

The strategy helps writers generalize, recognize cause and effect relationships, and find main ideas.

Main character or group of people

Main events

Conflict

Resolution

Answer 8

Somebody wanted but so

Question 9

Give at least 5 tips in writing a summary:

Answer 9

1. Highlight or underline the thesis, topic, and key supporting details as you read.
2. Construct an outline or concept map to help you identify the main ideas
3. Start by writing the main idea.
4. Review the major supporting ideas. Paraphrase information by putting it in your own words.
5. Be brief and succinct so that your summary is accurate, but significantly shorter than the original text by covering only the most important ideas in fewer words.
6. Consider your purpose and audience:
7. Present ideas in the same order that the author does.
8. If the author has a point of view, explain what it is in your summary leave your opinion out of the summary unless you are required to include it.
9. Provide a citation if the summary is included in a formal writing assignment or publication.

Question 10

Traditional outline uses?

Answer 10

Roman numerals

Question 11

Standard outline uses?

Answer 11

Numbers

Question 12

What are the 4 principles of outline?

Answer 12

• parallelism
• cooperation
• subordination
• division

Question 13

Entries should observe the same language structure (e.g., words, phrases, sentences).

Answer 13

parallelism

Question 13

Entries should observe levels of importance

Answer 13

coordination

Question 14

Entries should observe differences of importance (which ideas should be classified as minor or major ideas?).

Answer 14

subordination

Question 15

Entries should at least be two to be sure that supporting points of a major idea are adequate.

Answer 15

division