Summary
Authors Purpose
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How do I write a summary?

Use B-M-E,beginning,middle,and end.

100

What are the three authors purposes?

PIE, Persuade, Inform and Entertain.

200

What is the first step to making a good summary?

Find headings and subheadings.

200

What does authors purpose mean?

The reason why he or she wrote the text.

300

Main or Small details?

Main details

300

How do you find the authors purpose?

Find out the genre and ask questions and find the answers.

400

What are the last two steps of summarizing?

Write a short topic sentence and combine topic sentences into a short summary.

400

Why do you need to know the authors purpose?

It helps you recognize the book.

500

How many steps of summarizing are there and what are they?

There are four steps,the first one is find heading and subheadings,the second one is find main ideas and remove unnecessary information,the third one is write your topic sentence,the fourth one is combine topic sentences into a short summary.

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