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SummarizingSummarizingSummarizingSummarizing
Using Your Own Words…Using Your Own Words…
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SummarizingWhy do it?
Comprehension:• To reduce information to essential ideas
in order to:– Understand and learn important
information
Communication:• To reduce information to essential ideas
in order to:– Expand the breadth or depth of your writing
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The Process…The Process…The Process…The Process…
Using the “MIDAS Touch!”Using the “MIDAS Touch!”
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M Main idea:Identify main idea from TOPIC SENTENCE (if there is one) or use BASIC SIGNAL WORDS
I Identify SUPPORTING DETAILS
D Disregard unimportant information
A Analyze redundant information
S Simplify, categorize, and label important information
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Establishing a focus…• The main idea is the most important
information or concept in a text or statement.
• Sometimes the main idea is explicit; sometimes it is implied.
• Not all information is equal: some of it clearly is more important than the rest.
Templeton, 1997
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Using basic signal words…
WHO? (subject)
WHAT? (action)
WHERE? (location)
WHEN? (time)
WHY? (reason)
HOW?(process)
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Main Idea
SupportingDetail
SupportingDetail
SupportingDetail
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Topic Sentences…
The TOPIC SENTENCE is usually the first sentence of the paragraph. It gives the reader an idea of what the paragraph is going to be about.
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Topic Sentences cont.• However, the TOPIC SENTENCE may
not always be so clearly stated, and it can come in the middle or end of a paragraph, not just its beginning.
• Regardless, all TOPIC SENTENCES are supported by sentences that give details to develop the MAIN IDEA.
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SummarizingSummarizingSummarizingSummarizingLet’s practiceLet’s practice
One paragraph at a time…One paragraph at a time…
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Example paragraphs…A tornado is a powerful, twisting
windstorm. It begins high in the air, among the winds of a giant storm cloud. People who have watched a tornado’s howling winds reach down from the sky have said it’s the most frightening thing they have ever seen. In some parts of the United States, these windstorms are called twisters or cyclones.
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Main idea and supporting details
Tornado is powerful, twisting
windstorm
Part of giantstorm cloud
FrighteningAlso called
twister or cyclone
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Sentence Summary…
Tornadoes are frightening, powerful, twisting windstorms sometimes called twisters or cyclones that start in giant storm clouds.
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Tornadoes cont…Tornadoes are not the only whirling
windstorms that move through the earth’s air. Dust devils, hurricanes and typhoons all have twisting winds. But these windstorms differ from tornadoes in important ways.
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Main idea and supporting details
Dust devils, hurricanes,and typhoons have
twisting winds
Whirling windstorms Differ from tornadoes
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Sentence Summary…
Dust devils, hurricanes and typhoons also have twisting winds, but they are different from tornadoes.
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Tornadoes cont…Dust devils are the weakest of the swirling
windstorms. Their winds usually spin between 12 and 30 miles per hour. Most dust devils are less than five feet across, and few last more than a minute or two. They are often seen in the desert under clear skies. Dust devils form near ground when certain kinds of winds make hot, rising air start to spin.
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Main idea and supporting details
Dust devils areweakest of
swirling windstorms
Less than 30 mph Five ft. across Last minute or two
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Sentence summary…
Compared to other wind storms, dust devils are the weakest and least severe.
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Hurricanes and typhoons are the largest of the swirling windstorms. The winds of these storms blow about 75 to 150 miles per hour. They form over warm, tropical oceans and cause heavy rains as well as strong winds. When a tropical storm like this begins over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is called a hurricane. The same kind of storm in the western Pacific Ocean or Indian Ocean is called a typhoon. Hurricanes and typhoons may be several hundred miles wide, travel thousands of miles and last for days.
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Main idea and supporting details
Hurricanes andtyphoons are largest
Winds of 75-150 mphSeveral hundred
miles wideTravel thousands ofmiles, last for days
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Sentence Summary…
In contrast, hurricanes and typhoons are the largest windstorms since they may be hundreds of miles wide, travel very fast for thousands of miles and can last for days.
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Tornadoes are not as large as hurricanes and typhoons and they don’t travel as far. In fact, many tornadoes last only a few minutes. But the spinning winds of a tornado can rip through the air at up to 300 miles per hour. The winds of a large tornado are the fastest, most dangerous winds on earth.
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Main idea and supporting details
Winds of largetornado are
fastest, most dangerouswinds on earth
Last few minutes 300 mph
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Sentence Summary…
The bottom line is this:although they are not as large as
hurricanes and typhoons, tornadoes are the fastest, most dangerous windstorms.
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Summarizing, Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Paraphrasing, and
QuotingQuoting
Summarizing, Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Paraphrasing, and
QuotingQuoting
The Writing Connection…The Writing Connection…
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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting
• You can borrow from the works of other writers as you research.
• As a good writer, you should summarize, paraphrase and quote to blend source materials in with your own.
• But you should make sure your own voice is heard!
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Quotations…Use quotations when:• You want to add the power of an author’s
words to support your argument• You want to disagree with an author’s
argument• You would to highlight powerful phrases
or passages• You are comparing and contrasting
specific points of view• You want to note the important research
that precedes your own
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Paraphrasing…Paraphrase when:• You plan to use information on your
note cards and wish to avoid plagiarizing
• You want to avoid overusing quotations• You want to use your own voice to
present information
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SummarizingSummarize when:• You want to establish background or
offer an overview of a topic• You want to describe common
knowledge (from several sources) about a topic
• You want to determine the main ideas of a single source
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ResourcesPurdue Online Writing Lab:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting:http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/sumparquo.htmlEnglish Language Center Study Zone:http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/index.htm