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Nonfiction
By Emily Kissner
Essential Questions
What is a summary?
What makes a good summary?
How can I write a summary of
nonfiction?
What is a summary?
(choose the correct answer)
A. A summary is all of the ideas from a
text, written in your own words
B. A summary is your opinions about a
text
C. A summary is a shortened form of a
text, with all of the main ideas
D. A summary is a review of a text,
with main ideas and your opinions
What is a summary?
A. A summary is all of the ideas from a
text, written in your own words
B. A summary is your opinions about a
text
C. A summary is a shortened form of a
text, with all of the main ideas
D. A summary is a review of a text,
with main ideas and your opinions
Why do we write
summaries?
Readers can write a summary of a text to
let someone else know the main ideas
Why do we write
summaries?
Summarizing a text helps you to
understand itas you figure out the
most important ideas, your brain is
engaged in understanding the text
Why do we write
summaries?
Students often write summaries as a
school assignment
Summaries are also included on tests,
to see how well you understood a text
It depends!
The length of a
summary depends
on the length of
the original text
A summary should
ALWAYS be shorter
than the original
text
Paraphrasing
There are some words that you cant change
when you paraphrase. These key words are the
important words from the passage.
Repeated Ideas
Authors also might repeat ideas. When
the same idea is restated, we only need
to include it once in a summary.
Description
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Problem/Solution
Compare and Contrast
Description
Cause and Effect
Chronological Order
Problem/Solution
Compare and Contrast