What is Summarize?

 It is to give a brief statement or to express the main point, important facts or

ideas of a topic in a short and clear form.
 To give a brief statement or restatement of main points, especially as a
conclusion to a work.

Summarizing is when you take a longer passage and restate the essential main ideas
in your own words. When you summarize, you end up with considerably less words than
the original source.
(Summarizing is a short restatement of the main idea of the text. The output is called
a Summary. It is the shortened version, ideally, only one-third of the original text. It
contains the main points and important details of the text and should be written in your
own words.)
The act of summarizing is much like stating the plot of a play. For instance, if you
were asked to summarize the story of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet,' you might say:
It is a tragic love story where the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are supposed
to be sworn enemies but fall in love.

What is the purpose of Summarizing?

 The purpose of summarizing is to briefly present the key points of a theory or
work in order to support an argument, provide context for a paper's thesis, write
literature reviews, and annotate a bibliography.

What is the importance of Summarizing?

 It helps students to learn the technique of taking out the most important ideas
from a text. They also learn to ignore irrelevant information that is present in the
text, and students with these skills are capable of integrating the central ideas in
a meaningful way from any theory or conceptual write-up.
 It teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to
ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a
meaningful way. Teaching students to summarize improves their memory for
what is read.

Tips on how to Summarize:

1. Read the original text not just once but several times. Make sure to comprehend
it well.
2. Identify the text structure (compare-contrast, cause-effect, sequence, descriptive,
question-answer, and problem-solution) by looking into how the relationships
between ideas are established.
3. Take note or highlight the important details in the text.
4. After getting the main idea and important details, write your preliminary summary.
5. Make sure to use your own words.
6. Check if your work does not go stray from the original text.
7. Read it again and make necessary revision or editing.

By: Kristoff Ranque Gaper | CSS 11 - GREGORIO