What is a summary?, a short explanation of a text, a persuasive argument about a text, a movie based off of a book, a theme or universal lesson, When would you most likely summarize a book?, when you want to forget a book you’ve read, when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about, when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book, when you don’t understand a vocabulary word you read in a book, A summary should, answer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why., describe the details but not the main ideas., never mention the plot of the text., always mention the age of the author., You should write your summary, in your own words with complete sentences., in a secret language that you make up., in one draft without revising., in fragments without punctuation., What can you summarize?, only novels, only nonfiction, only movies, anything you read or watch.

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