In this chapter, The Art of Summarizing is reviewed by presenting the characteristics of good and bad summaries along with advice on what makes a good summary correct. A characteristic of a good summary is the balance between the writer’s research and opinion. For example, in a summary reviewing the good past actions of a politician, it is not advised to later when analyzing the politician to say that their rhetoric is tearing apart the constitution. It is important when writing a summary to be objective but also have an idea as to what the direction the rest of the passage will take.
What I Learned: In this chapter I learned about the different verbs that are advised to be used when creating a summary. These verbs are intended to be more specific than the overused verbs such as says or states to prevent the reader of the summary from being confused.
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