Summarizing a Text
This is the main point that the author is making.
What is the Central Idea?
This is a basic statement that acts as the template for your argument.
What is a claim?
This goes at the top left-hand corner of your paper and includes your name, your teacher's name, the class and date.
What is a heading?
The organized sequence of events which make up a story.
What is the Plot?
Current information that is also on-topic.
What is Relevant Information?
"I feel like" or "I think that" statements that are prohibited in a summary; subjectivity.
What is an Opinion?
This important part of the essay wraps up your entire argument at the end of your paper.
What is the Conclusion?
This is the most common font type used in MLA8 Format, often suggested by Mr. Woods.
What is Times New Roman?
What is Irony?
The characteristics of a culture, era or community; using beliefs and aspirations to appear more credible.
What is Ethos?
Use these when taking words or ideas from an article.
What are Quotation Marks?
These go at the end of a quote or paraphrased sentence, usually by including the author and page number.
What are citations?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
In your Works Cited Page, these are a special type of indentation you should use.
What is a Hanging Indentation?
Extreme exaggeration to make a point.
What is Hyperbole?
News that is not credible; gossip, basically.
What is Fake News?
To keep a summary short, we need to include only the ____ ____.
What are Main/Key Ideas?
Quotes from newspapers, online articles, scholarly journals and books may all be used to support your arguments.
What is Evidence?
The size of the top, right, left and bottom margins of the page.
What is 1 inch?
The main problem in a story; can be external or internal.
What is Conflict?
The action of setting people apart from other people or things or being set apart; separation based on arbitrary criteria.
What is Segregation?
Without bias or opinion; a summary should remain _______.
What is Objective?
Use this to logically make sense of the claims in your paper.
"MLA" stands for this.
What is the Modern Language Association?
An author's word choice.
What is Diction?
Appeal to logic; the use of reasoning.
What is Logos?