Summarizing Fiction
What do each of the letters in SWBST stand for?
What is "somebody" "wanted" "but" "so" "then?
In summarizing nonfiction you must first find/figure out this.
What is the topic?
This is what the author believes is true.
What is a claim?
What is the first sentence of an essay introduction called?
What is a hook?
Bold words, graphs, charts are all a type of this.
What are text features?
What is the moral or lesson an author is trying to get the reader to learn.
What is theme?
This is the second step or piece to figure out when summarizing nonfiction.
What is finding the central or main idea?
These are the "three ideas" the author uses to support their claim.
What are reasons?
Words like First, Next, and Lastly are?
What are transition words?
This is the "big picture" or subject of a passage.
What is the topic?
What does the "But" part of the SWBST strategy mean or include?
What is the problem?
You need at least three of these items when summarizing nonfiction.
What are relevant details?
These are the support an author uses to explain their reasons.
What is evidence?
When writing an essay you need to write in complete sentences. What are the two parts of a complete sentence?
What is subject and predicate?
This is the "point" the author is trying to make about a topic.
What is central/main idea?
What does the "So" part of the SWBST strategy include or mean?
What is the solution?
What does it mean to infer?
What is making an educated guess based on evidence?
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
What is a fact that can be proven with evidence and opinion is the author's beliefs?
What is the last sentence of an essay called?
What is a zinger?
Putting information in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
How is SWBST different from a retelling?
What is SWBST is a summary of a fiction passage, giving only the important details.
Name the "it must be's" every summary should have.
What is it must be brief, in your own words, and contain no opinions.
What is "telling where" you got your information from in an article?
What is a citation or citing?
What is the structure of a thesis statement? (What/how do you write it?)
What is essay topic/claim + reason #1, reason #2, and reason #3.
What is another name for an opinion/persuasive essay?
What is argumentative?