Jeremiah
Summarizing Skills for Academic Study
Summarising
Asummaryi
sas hor
tenedversi
onofatext
.Itcont
ainsthemainpoint
sinthet
extandiswriteninyour
ownwor
ds.I
tisamixtur
eofreduci
ngalongtexttoas hor
ttextandsel
ect
ingr
elevanti
nfor
ma t
ion.Ago
od
summar
yshowsthatyouhaveunders
to
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Lo
okat
thi
sex
ampl
e:
Sour
ce
The amphibia, which is the animal class to which
our frogs and toads belong, were the first animals to
crawl from the sea and inhabit the earth.
Summar
y
The first animals to leave the sea and live on dry
land were the amphibia.
Thephrase"whi
chistheani
malcl
asst
owhichourf
rogsandtoadsbel
ong"i
sanex
ampl
e,notamai
n
poi
nt,andcanbedelet
ed.Ther
estoft
het
extisr
ewrit
eninyourownwords.
Thef
olowi
ngs
tagesmaybeus
eful
:
1. Readandunderstandt het extcarefuly.
2. Fi
ndthemainideas-whati simpor t
ant.
1. Theymaybef oundi ntopics entences .
2. Disti
ngui shbet wee nma i
na n ds ubsi
diaryi
nfor
mat ion.
3. Deletemos tdet ail
sandex ampl es,unimport
anti nformat ion,anecdotes,
exampl es ,ilus t
rati
ons,dataet c.
3. Changethestr
uctureoft het ext.
1. Identi
fythemeani ngrel
ations hipsbetweent hewor ds /
ideas-e. g.cause/
efect
,
generalisation,cont rast
.
2. Changet hegr ammaroft het ext:rearrangewor dsands entences,changenouns
toverbs ,adj ectivestoadv erbs ,etc.
,breakupl ongs entences ,combineshor t
sentences .
3. Findalter nativewor ds/synony msf orthesewor ds/phr ases-donotchange
special
is edv ocabularyandcommonwor ds.
4. Rewr
it
ethemai
nideasi
ncompl
etes
ent
ences
.
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, Ex
erci
se:Summar
iset
hei
nfor
mat
i
ongi
veni
nthes
esent
encesi
nyourownwor
ds.
1. People whose professional activity lies in the field of politics are not, on the whole, conspicuous
for their respect for factual accuracy.
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Summarizing Skills for Academic Study
Summarising
Asummaryi
sas hor
tenedversi
onofatext
.Itcont
ainsthemainpoint
sinthet
extandiswriteninyour
ownwor
ds.I
tisamixtur
eofreduci
ngalongtexttoas hor
ttextandsel
ect
ingr
elevanti
nfor
ma t
ion.Ago
od
summar
yshowsthatyouhaveunders
to
o dthetext.
Lo
okat
thi
sex
ampl
e:
Sour
ce
The amphibia, which is the animal class to which
our frogs and toads belong, were the first animals to
crawl from the sea and inhabit the earth.
Summar
y
The first animals to leave the sea and live on dry
land were the amphibia.
Thephrase"whi
chistheani
malcl
asst
owhichourf
rogsandtoadsbel
ong"i
sanex
ampl
e,notamai
n
poi
nt,andcanbedelet
ed.Ther
estoft
het
extisr
ewrit
eninyourownwords.
Thef
olowi
ngs
tagesmaybeus
eful
:
1. Readandunderstandt het extcarefuly.
2. Fi
ndthemainideas-whati simpor t
ant.
1. Theymaybef oundi ntopics entences .
2. Disti
ngui shbet wee nma i
na n ds ubsi
diaryi
nfor
mat ion.
3. Deletemos tdet ail
sandex ampl es,unimport
anti nformat ion,anecdotes,
exampl es ,ilus t
rati
ons,dataet c.
3. Changethestr
uctureoft het ext.
1. Identi
fythemeani ngrel
ations hipsbetweent hewor ds /
ideas-e. g.cause/
efect
,
generalisation,cont rast
.
2. Changet hegr ammaroft het ext:rearrangewor dsands entences,changenouns
toverbs ,adj ectivestoadv erbs ,etc.
,breakupl ongs entences ,combineshor t
sentences .
3. Findalter nativewor ds/synony msf orthesewor ds/phr ases-donotchange
special
is edv ocabularyandcommonwor ds.
4. Rewr
it
ethemai
nideasi
ncompl
etes
ent
ences
.
This study source was downloaded by 100000886959103 from CourseHero.com on 06-22-2024 03:44:01 GMT -05:00
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, Ex
erci
se:Summar
iset
hei
nfor
mat
i
ongi
veni
nthes
esent
encesi
nyourownwor
ds.
1. People whose professional activity lies in the field of politics are not, on the whole, conspicuous
for their respect for factual accuracy.
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