False: A summary is not like paraphrasing. A summary is stating only the main points. Paraphrasing is restating the text word for word in your own words
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True or False: When writing a summary, you should have a topic sentence and supporting sentences
True: The topic sentence, also know as the main idea, should have supporting sentences
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True or False: A summary should tell you only the important parts of a text
True: A summary should only state the important parts of the text
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True or False: You should start a summary with a sentence that a) identifies the writer and the piece of writing, for example by giving the writer's name
True: A summary should include writer's name instead of just the word them
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True or False: We summarize everyday of our lives
True: We summarize events in our lives to people
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True or False: A good tip is to write down how long it takes you to produce a summary or note-taking exercise and then try to improve that time as you progress through your course.
False: Everyone has there own way of approaching a summary
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True or False: The main idea should be in the first or second paragraph of the reading
True: The main idea should be somewhere in the beginning of the text
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True or False: When picking a good summary, always pick the longest summary
False: Always make sure to read all of the choices and pick the one that has the key ideas and no details
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True or False: Summaries can include your opinions
False: Summaries should only include facts
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True or False: A summary does not have to go in order
False: A summary should go in the order of the text and should make sense
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True or False: Summaries should be long
False: Summaries should be short
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True or False: The first step to writing a summary is to make things up
False: You must go back and read the text to start your summary
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True or False: You should use the exact words from the text when writing a summary