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,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,Doctorate Students Writing and Speaking Class,“,Summarizing”,“Articles”,“Subject-Verb Agreement”,“More Summarizing”,Doctorate Students Writing and,Writing a Summary,To write your summary,first scan the document,you are summarizing to get an overall impression.,Then,read it carefully,highlighting or underlining the most significant information.,You will want to especially pay close attention to the,first and last sentence,of each paragraph.Usually the first sentence is the topic sentence and the last a summary of the paragraph so they will have the most important ideas.,Writing a SummaryTo write yo,Writing a Summary,The First Sentence:,An easy way to begin writing a summary is to refer to the author and what they have written about.,A general format for the first sentence is as follows:,In his/her/the article“Article name,”Authors name+primary verb+main idea.,Writing a SummaryThe First Sen,The First Sentence,In his/her/the article“Article name,”Authors name+primary verb+main idea.,Example:In his article“Children and Video Games,”Steve Peterson,strongly recommends that,parents should not allow their children to play video games.,The First SentenceIn his/her/t,The First Sentence,There are a number of primary verbs that can be used in a summary.Some of the most common are listed here.,1.Claims 2.Recommends 3.Argues,4.Reports 5.Shows 6.Insists,7.Explains 8.Describes 9.Suggests,Note:Many of these verbs will often be followed by the word“that”.,The First SentenceThere are a,Other First Sentence Examples,In the article“Men are different than women”,the author describes 10 important differences between men and women.,In this article,the author explains how the Chinese economy has developed so quickly in the last ten years.,Other First Sentence ExamplesI,The Rest of the Summary,The first sentence should be followed by the main ideas and supporting ideas in the same order that they appear in the text.Remember that all sentences should be stated in,YOUR OWN WORDS,.If you absolutely must use a sentence or phrase from the original text,make sure that it is put within quotation marks().Also remember that you are just restating what is expressed in the text;you should NOT be adding any of your own opinions.,The Rest of the SummaryThe fi,Longer Summaries,Most summaries will be quite short.But if you are writing a longer summary you can add some phrases like the ones below.,The author goes on to say that.,The article(author)further states that.,(Authors last name)also believes that,(Authors last name)concludes that,Longer SummariesMost summaries,Exercise#1,First read the article“Deception:The English Essay”.,After reading this article do the summarizing exercises on the bottom of the handout.,Exercise#1First read the art,Deception:The English Essay,Main Purpose:,The main purpose is to inform students of useful techniques to deceivingly write a satisfactory essay in a short amount of time.,In his article“Deception:The English Essay”,Fred Jones suggests some useful techniques to deceivingly,Deception:The English Essay,Deception:The English Essay,Main idea of each paragraph.,2.Write a fascinating introduction.,3.Use words from past vocabulary lists in the essay.,4.Make the short essay appear long.,5.Bribe the teacher.,Deception:The English EssayM,Example Summary,In his article“Deception:The English Essay”,Fred Jones shows students some techniques that can help them write a quick essay that will deceivingly satisfy the teacher.These techniques include writing a fascinating introduction,using words from past vocabulary lists,and making the essay appear longer than it really is.Once students have done these they can also try to bribe the teacher.These are all effective methods to quickly write an essay the teacher will think is satisfactory.,Example SummaryIn his articl,Example,(Different First Sentence),Students often wait to the last minute to complete their English homework assignments.Therefore it is important to know some techniques that can help them write a quick essay that will deceivingly satisfy the teacher.These techniques include writing a fascinating introduction,using words from past vocabulary lists,and making the essay appear longer than it really is.Once students have done these they can also try to bribe the teacher.These are all effective methods to quickly write an essay the teacher will think is satisfactory.,Example(Different First Sente,Writing a Summary,No matter what format you choose to use,stating the main purpose of the article in the first couple of sentences is very important if you want to write a successful summary.,After you have written this you can 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