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The writer enjoys the countryside for several reasons: 1) The fresh smells and sense of space renew their senses and make them feel more alive compared to the confined office. 2) Hearing birds singing, cows mooing in the distance, and ducks quacking provides a calming effect and relieves stress from work deadlines and demands. 3) Being in the countryside melts away the stresses of office life, such as typing, colleagues' noises, and tight schedules.
Summary question
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- 2. What’s a Summary? It is the “GIST” Huh…wh a t’s a GIST of a chosen passage! ??? Is it so like a fog mething gy idea o li r someth ke a MIST… ing??? t or IST is th e main poin ster Dict ionary, a G foggy at a ll…>.< the Merria m Web ed to be ing to t it’s n ot suppos O H!!! Accord t…which means tha te x So… part of the A summary is supposed to be INFORMATIVE and DESCRIPTIVE. It has to emphasize all of the main points of the text but must also be significantly SHORTER than the ORIGINAL.
- 3. What’s a Summary for? Summaries are to… •Convey a general idea •Provide support •Give only necessary •Add credibility information •Establish background •Shorten material •Offer an overview of a topic •Reference material •Describe common •Set up quoted material knowledge
- 4. What are the steps to writing a Summary? Edit - Check for errors (grammar, spelling syntax, punctuation) Paraphrase - Original text (use synonyms to paraphrase) - Change the words without Rephrase changing the meaning - Connect key points (use conjunctions) Pick out - Change the sentence structure key points without changing the meaning - Highlight points that answer directly to the question Understand - Summary = Literal Question + Own the question Word Question - Highlight keywords - What is the question asking for?
- 5. What is required in a Summary? • Content (8m): - • Main points (8) • Word limit (80) • Language (7m): - • Use of Own Words (rephrasing, paraphrasing) • Use of English (spelling, punctuation, sentence structure) • Hyphenated words = 1 word • Contractions = 2 words
- 6. Differentiating the Definitions… • Paraphrasing is restating the idea in your own words. It can be about the same length or even longer than the original passage. • Rephrasing is reorganizing the sentence to state the same idea in a different way. • Summarizing is restating only the main points of the passage in your own words. It is very brief. • Quoting is using the exact words of the author of the passage. Taken from http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/ParaphraseCraze/default.htm#page3
- 7. Examples… • Using synonyms… • They put forth a convincing (persuasive) argument. • Replacing phrases… • Having eaten his fill (Satiated), Sam declined a third serving of rice. • Using both paraphrasing & rephrasing… • They contended persuasively. • Sam refused a third serving as he was stuffed.
- 8. Read the text below and summarise the reasons for the writer’s enjoyment of the countryside. There is no joy greater than the clean fresh smell of the morning. Walking out into the fields each morning is like a rebirth of my senses – I feel more alive than I ever am in the stuffy confines of the rectangular office. Maybe it is the tremendous sense of space that greets me each time I stand before the rolling plains of green, green and more green. The birds singing in the trees, the cows mooing contentedly in the distance, the ducks quacking away in their watery space fill my mind. The frantic typing of the typewriter, the harsh clicks of heels on hard floor, the impatient shouts of harried colleagues, the stress of deadlines – all these melt away as I stand before my paradise. 1) Paste into your Key Points Rephrase Paraphrase (Copy out the key phrases) (Link up relevant key (Rewrite the rephrased notebook. points together) statements with synonyms) 2) Employ steps 1 – 4 in answering the question 3) For steps 2 – 4, use the table on the right to help you.