Quick Guide
Parts of a summary
Steps
Organization
Format
100

What is a summary?

What is a brief restatement of main ideas?

100

What isn't in a summary?

What is a conclusion?

100

How many steps are there to writing a summary?

What is 10?

100

How long should the summary be?

What is a quarter of the length of the original article?

100

How long should it be?

What is 200-250 words?

200

What is one thing that makes a good summary?

What is brief/accurate/objective?

200

What comes at the beginning of a summary?

What is a thesis?

200

What is step number 4?

What is write a thesis statement?

200

What is the order of ideas?

What is the same order as the original article?

200

What format should you use?

What is MLA format?

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