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1、WritingaSummaryAsummaryisalsoreferredtoasanabstractinwhichyoureducematerialinanoriginalworktoitsmainpointsandkeysupportingdetail.Unlikeanoutline,however,asummarydoesnotusesymbolssuchasI,A,1,2,etc.,toindicatetherelationsamongpartsoftheoriginalmaterial.Asummarymayconsisto
2、fasingleword,aphrase,severalsentences,oroneormoreparagraphs.Thelengthofanysummaryyoupreparewilldependonyourinstructor’sexpectationsandthelengthoftheoriginalwork.Mostoften,youwillbeaskedtowriteasummaryconsistingofoneormoreparagraphs.Writingasummarybringstogetheranumberof
3、importantreading,study,andwritingskills.Tocondensetheoriginalassignedmaterial,youmustpreview,read,evaluate,organize,andperhapsoutlineit.Summarizing,then,canbearealaidtounderstanding;youmust“getinside’thematerialandrealizefullywhatisbeingsaidbeforeyoucanreduceitsmeaningt
4、oafewwords.HowtoSummarizeanArticleTowriteasummaryofanarticle,followthestepsdescribedbelow.IftheassignedmaterialisaTVshoworfilmoraradioprogram,adaptthesuggestionsaccordingly.1.Takeafewminutestopreviewthework.Youcanpreviewanarticleinamagazinebytakingaquicklookatthefollowi
5、ng:1)Title.Atitleoftensummarizeswhatanarticleisabout.Thinkaboutthetitleforaminute,andabouthowitmaycondensethemeaningofthearticle.2)Subtitle.Asubtitle,ifgiven,isashortsummaryappearingunderornexttothetitle.Forexample,inaNewsweekarticletitled“GrowingOld,FeelingYoung,”thefo
6、llowingcaptionappeared:“NotonlyareAmericanslivinglonger,theyarestayingactivelonger---andtheirworstenemyisnotnature,butthemythsandprejudicesaboutgrowingold.’Inshort,thesubtitle,thecaption,oranyotherwordsinlargeprintunderornexttothetitleoftenprovideaquickinsightintothemea
7、ningofanarticle.3)Firstandlastseveralparagraphs.Inthefirstseveralparagraphs,theauthormayintroduceyoutothesubjectandstatethepurposeofthearticle.Inthelastseveralparagraphs,thewritermaypresentconclusionsorasummary.Thepreviewsorsummariescangiveyouaquickoverviewofwhattheenti
8、rearticleisabout.4)Otheritems.Noteanyheadsorsubheadsthatappearinthearticle.Theyoftenprovidecluestothearticle’s
