Read the provided article and make a well-crafted summary
Guidelines for writing a summary of an article:
• State the main ideas of the article.
• Identify the most important details that support the main ideas.
• Write your summary in your own words; avoid copying phrases and sentences from the article unless they’re direct quotations.
• Express the underlying meaning of the article, not just the superficial details.
Your summary should include:
Introduction
• Start with a summary or overview of the article which includes the author’s name and the title of the article.
• Finish with a thesis statement that states the main idea of the article.
Body Paragraphs
• The number of paragraphs in your summary depends on the length of the original article.
• Your summary should be about 550 words. For this multi-paragraph summary, discuss each supporting point in a separate paragraph (3 body paragraphs).
• Start each body paragraph with a topic sentence.
• Each paragraph focuses on a separate main idea and just the most important details from the article. (avoid repeating similar ideas in other paragraphs)
• Put the ideas from the essay into your own words. Avoid copying phrases and sentences from the article.
• Use transitional words and phrases to connect ideas.
Concluding Paragraph
• Summarize the main ideas and the underlying meaning of the article.
**The key to crafting a good summary is reading the article twice, 1st reading involves skimming through to get the overall idea, 2nd focuses on main points**
