Summary Writing Techniques

SUMMARY WRITING A.<Tab/>Definitions 1.<Tab/>Outlining An outline is a structural skeleton of the main points of the material as they appear in chronological, rather than logical, order. 2.<Tab/>Paraphrase Paraphrasing, the restatement of another writer's ideas in your own words 3.<Tab/>Summary Summarizing, the brief restatement of a longer text in fewer words than the original text. …

…it critically. o<Tab/>Can that person understand the sense of the article by reading your summary? o<Tab/>Ask for criticism; then weigh these criticisms and make valid changes. Editing Your Summary *<Tab/>Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors, looking particularly for those common in your writing. *<Tab/>Write a clean draft and proofread for copying errors. NSM