Summary of Writing Essay

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Summary of Writing Essay
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Purpose

• To summarize a piece of writing.
• To share the main idea and underlying details of
  a piece of writing.
• To understand the authors purpose.

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What does a Summary of Reading Essay Need?

• The title of the article and the name of the
  author.
• A statement of the main idea and the underlying
  meaning.
• Details which support the main idea and
  underlying meaning.

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What Does it Look Like?
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• Topic sentence (with name of article and authors
  name)
• Statement of main idea.
• Body Paragraphs (2 or more)details and facts
  that back up your main idea (proof/ evidence).
• Closing paragraph, including the overall
  importance and meaning of the selection/article.