Question

Read the summary paragraph for the article on service and answer the question that follows:

Service improves society, impacting the helpers as well as those needing assistance. It means being an active participant in one's community, taking action where it can be of benefit. Every person should make it a priority to serve at least two hours per week. It's an extremely important civic responsibility that is invaluable to citizens most in need. Service creates improved communities where people care about each other.

Which of the following makes a true statement about good summaries?


Good summaries include the writer's opinion on the article.

Good summaries focus on the support details from the body.

Good summaries provide all the data an author uses for support.

Good summaries objectively restate the thesis and crucial details.

Answer 1

Good summaries objectively restate the thesis and crucial details.

Answer 2

Which of the following makes a true statement about good summaries?

Good summaries objectively restate the thesis and crucial details.

• What you first have to do when summarizing is to identify all the supporting ideas and important evidence. In a more specific way, you can look for keywords. We have to be careful at the moment of writing a summary, we must use our own vocabulary not to use the exact words of the original essay. Something important to take into account is that it is not good to give your own ideas as part of the summary. Summaries do not generally have a conclusion, but if there is a clear message to the reader, it must be included.