Summarizing

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What is
SUMMARIZING?
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Summarizing teaches students how
to take a large selection of text
and reduce it to the main points
for more concise understanding.
Upon reading a passage, summarizing
helps students learn to determine
essential ideas and consolidate
important details that support
them.
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It is a technique that enables

students to focus on key words and
phrases of an assigned text that are
worth noting and remembering
What are the techniques in
SUMMARIZING?
Read [and
understand] the
text.
Highlight the
most important
ideas in the text.
Write the
summary in your
own words.
Attribute the
summary to its
source.
Differences among
SUMMARIZING,
PARAPHRASING, &
DIRECT QUOTING
 DIRECT
SUMMARIZING PARAPHRASING
QUOTING
Does not match the Does not match the Matches the source
source word for word source word for word word for word

Involves putting the Involves putting a Is usually a short

main idea(s) into passage from a source part of the text
your own words, but into your own words
including only the
main point(s)

Barrot, J. S. & Sipacio, P. J. F. (2016). Communicate today: English for academic & professional purposes for senior
high school . C & E Publishing, Inc.
 DIRECT
SUMMARIZING PARAPHRASING
QUOTING
Presents a broad Changes the words or Cited part appears
overview, so is phrasing of a passage, between quotation
usually much shorter but retains and fully marks
than the original text communicates the
original meaning
Must be attributed Must be attributed to Must be attributed
to the original source the original source to the original
source
Barrot, J. S. & Sipacio, P. J. F. (2016). Communicate today: English for academic & professional purposes for senior
high school . C & E Publishing, Inc.
 DIRECT
SUMMARIZING PARAPHRASING
QUOTING
Summarize when you Paraphrase when you Quote directly when
want to avoid or want to avoid or you want to begin
minimize direct minimize direct your discussion with
quotation; or use the quotation; or rewrite the author’s stand;
main idea of the text the author’s words by or highlight the
and write it in your not changing the author’s expertise
own words message or use your in your claim,
own words to state argument or
the author’s ideas discussion
Barrot, J. S. & Sipacio, P. J. F. (2016). Communicate today: English for academic & professional purposes for senior
high school . C & E Publishing, Inc.
Activity in
SUMMARIZING