Diction
Words like "rizz," "flex," and "dude," which are usually inappropriate in a summary.
What is slang?
What are redundancies?
One method for combining simple sentences when the two ideas could stand alone but are equally important.
What is coordination or compound sentences?
Many people overuse this form of punctuation, which has nothing to do with breathing.
What is a comma?
A type of note-taking or marking employed when reading a text you really need to understand.
What is annotating?
The second-person pronoun is almost always inappropriate in formal writing.
What is you?
Phrases such as "as a matter of fact" and "due to the fact that."
What is deadwood or filler phrases?
Words like "however," "therefore," and "additionally" that can join two complete sentences.
What are conjunctive adverbs?
When two complete sentences are joined without any punctuation between them.
What is a run-on or fused sentence?
In a summary, using three or more words in a row or using AI.
What is plagiarism?
Words particular to a specific place, Oklahoma, for example.
What are regionalisms?
Phrases with "there" or "it" and a be verb.
What are expletive constructions?
A type of sentence with a dependent clause and an independent clause; used to emphasize that one of the ideas is less important or dependent on the other.
What is subordination or a complex sentence?
When a period is placed after a phrase or clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a sentence fragment?
A paragraph-by-paragraph method of reading and summarizing used to help readers better comprehend a text.
What is "chunking"?
Words that are overly formal.
What is pretentious language?
When a verb is turned into a noun, for example, "I had the assumption" instead of "I assumed."
What are nominalizations?
A punctuation mark that lets you join two complete sentences without any conjunctions or other punctuation.
What is a semicolon?
When two complete sentences are joined with a comma.
What is a comma splice?
"The author makes a great point..." or "this article really makes one think" are examples of this, and always inappropriate a summary.
What is subjectivity, or personal opinions/thoughts/commentary?
Words that are simply not formal enough.
What is colloquial language?
"The car was driven by my brother" is an example of this type of sentence construction or voice.
What is passive voice?
Clauses that begin with relative pronouns (who, that, which, where) and modify something in a sentence.
What are adjective clauses?
"Locked in the vault for 25 years, the owner of the jewels has decided to sell them" is an example of this kind of error.
What is a dangling modifier?
The answer to this question is, "to help students develop strong reading comprehension and a valuable writing skill, which will benefit them in other classes and in life."
What is "Why do professors assign summaries?"