When you write a summary of a newspaper article, you should give the essential information, and leave out minor details.
Can you summarize the plot of the movie in a couple of paragraphs?
Vi Putnam once remarked that the entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just
one person.
A proper summary of an article does not include one's personal opinion on the topic.
In life, we are constantly summarizing, whether it is telling a story about an experience we had, or outlining the plot of a movie we saw.
If I were to sum up the restaurant in one
word, I would say "delicious!"
Gandhi once remarked that a man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, and nothing else.
Louis Boone once said, "Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three
descriptions: could have, might have, and should have."
The film could be described as a summary of the last 100 years of this country's history.
We watched a news summary of the major events of the year on television on New Year's day.
Once observations are complete, the data need to be organized and summarized into a form that allows for interpretation.
Students will be graded on summaries written for five different news articles.
On the final test, you will be required to summarise an article from a first year university textbook.
Summarising is a difficult but essential skill. You have to learn to restate the main ideas in your own words, without including any unimportant details.
Find someone who has written a summary.