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    This document provides instructions for writing an effective summary of an original source. To write a summary, students should skim the source to understand its overall content and structure, then reread while breaking it into sections - the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The key is to pull the thesis stated in the introduction or conclusion and the main point of each section and compose them into a 1 page coherent summary that represents the author's overall argument, leaving out most evidence. When writing a summary, students should introduce the author, title, and thesis in the first few sentences, represent the original work accurately while remaining objective and concise, and use their own words and sparingly quote the original with citations.

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    This document provides instructions for writing an effective summary of an original source. To write a summary, students should skim the source to understand its overall content and structure, then reread while breaking it into sections - the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The key is to pull the thesis stated in the introduction or conclusion and the main point of each section and compose them into a 1 page coherent summary that represents the author's overall argument, leaving out most evidence. When writing a summary, students should introduce the author, title, and thesis in the first few sentences, represent the original work accurately while remaining objective and concise, and use their own words and sparingly quote the original with citations.

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    This document provides instructions for writing an effective summary of an original source. To write a summary, students should skim the source to understand its overall content and structure, then reread while breaking it into sections - the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The key is to pull the thesis stated in the introduction or conclusion and the main point of each section and compose them into a 1 page coherent summary that represents the author's overall argument, leaving out most evidence. When writing a summary, students should introduce the author, title, and thesis in the first few sentences, represent the original work accurately while remaining objective and concise, and use their own words and sparingly quote the original with citations.

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    This document provides instructions for writing an effective summary of an original source. To write a summary, students should skim the source to understand its overall content and structure, then reread while breaking it into sections - the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The key is to pull the thesis stated in the introduction or conclusion and the main point of each section and compose them into a 1 page coherent summary that represents the author's overall argument, leaving out most evidence. When writing a summary, students should introduce the author, title, and thesis in the first few sentences, represent the original work accurately while remaining objective and concise, and use their own words and sparingly quote the original with citations.

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    Summary Assignment

    Assignment Purpose
    To write persuasively, you must be aware of what others say about your issue. As a result, being
    able to fairly summarize what others say is central to your development as an effective writer.
    For the most part, writers summarize for two reasons: To represent an authors overall argument
    to which they want to respond; or to summarize an authors position in terms of their particular
    arguments focus.
    For this assignment, you will be summarizing the authors overall argument.
    Content
    It may be helpful to have more detailed directions about how to write a summary that provides an
    overview of all key points in a piece of writing.
    To begin the summary process,
    1. Skim the source to form an idea of its content and structure.
    2. Reread the source and break it into sections
    Introduction: Look for the thesis (look in the conclusion for it, too)
    Body:
    Look for a key point in each paragraph or a key point in a group
    of paragraphs that form a section
    Conclusion:
    Look for a statement of significance about the thesis/issue,
    one that emphasizes the impact of the issue
    3. Pull the thesis and key points from each section - introduction, body, conclusion and compose them into a coherent summary, leaving out (most) evidence.
    Structure
    A summary should follow the order of the original source unless there is a compelling reason
    not to do so. For example, summaries should always state the sources thesis, along with the
    author and title of the source, in its opening sentences regardless of where it is stated in the
    original source.
    Grading Criteria
    To write an effective summary, please use the following criteria
    Introduce the author, title, and thesis of the source in the first sentence or two
    Represent the original article accurately and fairly
    Be direct and concise, using words economically
    Remain objective and neutral, not revealing your own ideas on the subject, but only
    the original authors points
    Use your own words (paraphrase) to express the original authors ideas and quote
    sparingly; provide page numbers in parentheses if you do quote
    Keep your reader informed that you are summarizing anothers ideas by using
    attributive tags, such as The author argues that to frame the quotation.
    Create a summary that is a unified coherent piece of writing in its own right.
    Format: MLA
    Length: 1 page or so (the length depends on the length of the original)

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