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Summary

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A Summary is shorter than a retelling. True or False

True

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What is the difference between a summary and a retell?

Shorter and In your own words

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What does your nonfiction summary have to include?

Your own words, Information from the text, and Important details

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What is NOT included in your summary?

Every detail from the text

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What is your job in a summary?

Identifying what details are neccessary

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A summary is like a . . .

simple map of a text.

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What is the first question you should ask yourself when beginning a summary?

What or Who is the text about?

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What is another important question to ask before summarizing?

What is the author's purpose?

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How do you write a title of an article?

Put " " around the article title.

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You should include the author's name in your summary. T/F

TRUE

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Include all the text details. T?F

FALSE

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True or False : A summary should be long and give lots of details

FALSE : Summaries should be brief and to the point

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True or False : A summary should include events in Chronological order

TRUE

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True or False : Summary should ONLY include the Main Idea

FALSE

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