What is a Summary?
Summarizing is making a long text shorter by keeping only the most important parts.
Step 1: Search search
Step 2: Select fact_check
Step 3: Shrink edit_note
Do not add your own thoughts!
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Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to shrink a long text using the 3 S's: Search, Select, and Shrink!
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Recent Questions
No, Sovan! That is a very common trap! A summary must only contain the facts and ideas from the original text. Save your opinion for the review! warning
How long should a summary be?
Usually, it should be about 1/3 or 1/4 the length of the original text. So if you read a paragraph of 4 sentences, try to summarize it in 1 sentence! compress
Do I need to copy the exact words from the text?
Try to avoid that! A good summary uses your OWN words. This proves that you truly understand what you just read. edit_note
Teacher, can I put my own opinion in a summary?