Summarizing
Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to
their bare essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth
noting and remembering. Webster's calls a summary the "general idea in
brief form"; it's the distillation, condensation, or reduction of a larger
work into its primary notions.
What Are We
Doing When We Summarize?
We strip away
the extra verbiage and extraneous examples. We focus on the heart of the
matter. We try to find the key words and phrases that, when uttered later,
still manage to capture the gist of what we've read. We are trying to capture
the main ideas and the crucial details necessary for supporting them.
When
summarizing you should…
- pull out main ideas
- focus on key details
- use key words and phrases
- break down the larger ideas
- write only enough to convey the gist
- take succinct but complete notes
Now, once you have reviewed this ideas, go to the following document:
Make a summary of the document. Do not copy paste write the summary in your own words and use quotation marks when necessary.
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For PTE Summarize Written Text you need to write a summary of the text in one sentence. You have 10 minutes to write your summary. Make sure to include the main points of the reading passage in a full, single sentence of no more than 75 words. The Word Count at the bottom of the screen counts the number of words you write. There are also cut, copy and paste buttons which you may use while constructing your summary.
ResponderBorrarCut: Select text from your answer that you wish to remove and left-click “Cut”.
Copy: Select text from your answer that you wish to copy and left-click “Copy”.
Paste: Place the cursor where you wish to paste the cut/copied text and left-click “Paste”.