Summary Writing: Selecting And Condensing
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The summary is the question that separates careful readers from hopeful ones. You are given a text, a precise focus and a tight word limit, and asked to pull out only the ideas that answer the question, then re-tell them in your own words as clear, continuous prose. It rewards two things at once: how well you read, and how well you write. Get it right and it is twenty of the most dependable marks on the paper.
This lesson teaches the whole craft: choosing the points that matter and rejecting the ones that do not, folding repeated ideas into one, condensing detail without losing meaning, and writing to the limit rather than over it. We work a full source text into a planned, marked, model summary of about 120 words, and show you exactly how the content marks and the writing marks are won.
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- Select material relevant to a specific summary task and reject what is not.
- Condense and reorganise ideas into your own concise, continuous prose.
- Write within a word limit, focusing on content points and avoiding copying.
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Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Summary Writing: Selecting And Condensing. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.
Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.
Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.
- Question 2 (the summary) awards 20 marks. How are they split? A. 20 for content, 0 for writing B. Up to 15 for content (reading) and up to 5 for the quality of writing C. 5 for content and 15 for writing D. 10 for content and 10 for writing Answer: B
- A text gives: 'the pay was poor; the wages barely covered her bills; she could save nothing'. In a summary these should be treated as: A. Three separate content points B. One umbrella point about low pay C. Background detail to be ignored D. A reason to exceed the word limit Answer: B
- Which version is the most concise and best for a summary? A. Every single morning, without fail, she would get up extremely early and travel a very long way to her place of work B. Her daily journey to work was long and tiring C. She rose at five, walked two miles in the dark, waited for a late bus, then travelled an hour to work D. She had to wake up and go to work like everyone else does Answer: B
- Why should a summary avoid lifting whole phrases from the text? A. Lifting is faster and so looks lazy B. It loses both reading and writing credit because it shows no understanding C. The examiner cannot read copied phrases D. It always exceeds the word limit Answer: B
- What is the single best first step in a selective summary task? A. Start writing immediately from the first line of the text B. Identify the question's focus, then plan the distinct relevant points C. Write an introduction setting out the topic D. Count to exactly 120 words as you go Answer: B
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