1. Close and Critical Reading Review How to…Summarize! Mrs. Hyatt

2. Read the material carefully and take notes about the most important details.

3. Delete trivial, unnecessary information.

4. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material.

5. Use your OWN words or cite properly. Do NOT plagiarize!

6. Substitute super ordinate words for lists. For example: flowers for daisies, tulips, and roses.

7. Create a topic sentence using the information provided in the article that is being summarized.

8. Make sure your summary is accurate.