Summarizing Literature

Sources

Practical Research 1
Senior High School Applied - Academic
 Summarizing Literature Sources

Summarizing is when a text is significantly

reduced from its original length but keeps the
key ideas intact and still expressing what the
author meant to explain.

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 ● acts as a guide in putting the
key ideas together
● explains arguments using
Summary and
its Purpose
fewer words
● gives supporting ideas
● brings about deeper
understanding

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Remember

The summary features the main

arguments of a text by using
words that are less than the
original text.

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 Good Summary Poor Summary
Uses your own words to Uses the exact words from
explain ideas from the text the original text
Only Includes ideas relevant Includes ideas irrelevant to
to the topic the topic

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 Good Summary Poor Summary
Has shorter and more Has equal or longer
concise words length to the original
Emphasizes main Misses out on the key
arguments of the text ideas of the text
Only contains ideas that Writes down ideas not
are mentioned in the mentioned in the original
original text text
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 How to Write a Good Summary

1. Read the original work carefully before

writing the summary.
2. List down the key ideas of the text using
your own words.
3. Eliminate all information that is unnecessary
and irrelevant.

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 How to Write a Good Summary

4. Compare the summary and the original

work.
5. Start the summary using signal phrases to
introduce the material.

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Tip

You must write the summary

based on how you understand
the text and include the main
argument of the author.

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 These are similar yet distinct
Summarizing,
skills that are commonly used in
Paraphrasing,
academic writing, most
and Quoting
especially in research.

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 Summarizing

Summarizing involves writing the core of the

text. The main purpose of summarizing is to
narrow down a text to highlight its main
arguments.

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 Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing is a way of using different

words to present the same ideas from the
original text. It is used with short portions of
text, such as sentences and phrases

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 Quoting

Quoting is used to write the exact words used

in a short segment of the original source.

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 Should I cite the source? Wrap Up

When to
cite a Is it a Use quotation
reference? quote? mark and cite it.
Is it a Cite it.
paraphrase?
Is it another Cite it.
person’s idea?
NO need to cite if it is common
knowledge or your own ideas
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Fill out the Venn diagram. Use the
questions as your guide:
1. List down 2 similarities among
summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting. 5
2. List down 2 similarities between
summarizing and paraphrasing.
3. List down 3 similarities between
summarizing and quoting. 2 3
4. List down 3 similarities between
paraphrasing and quoting.
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5. List down 2 unique characteristics of
summarizing. 6 4 7
6. List down 2 unique characteristics of
paraphrasing.
7. List down 2 unique characteristics
quoting.
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 Wrap Up

The purpose of a summary is to

feature the main arguments of a
text using less words than in the
original text.

A good summary is concise, contains

relevant information, and stresses
the key points of the original text.
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 Wrap Up

Other skills related to summarizing

are paraphrasing and quoting.
Paraphrasing is used for shorter
texts, whereas quoting states exactly
what the author mentioned in the
original text.

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