Question

Veronica just read a lyric poem for her English class. She is required to write a summary of the poem, and she needs to plan it. Which graphic organizer would be most useful for Veronica in this situation?

A. a table organizing the best and worst parts of the poem B. a table to help paraphrase the poem before writing the summary C. a Venn diagram comparing this poem to another D. a time line listing the dates the author’s work was published

Answer 1

a table to help paraphrase the poem before writing the summary

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. In order to write a summary, the writer has to identify the most important information, and paraphrase it. Since this is a poem, the table helps both to organize the parts of the poem, and paraphrase them. It is also useful for putting the information in order.

Since the purpose of the task is to summarize, neither of the other options are useful for that particular purpose