Strategies for Writing a Summary
- When reading, write short statements explaining each paragraph. Use these to help you with your summary.
- Write the summary as if it were a 5-paragraph essay: thesis, topic sentences, and conclusion.
Formatting Titles & Citations
- When stating the title of the article, put it in quotation marks.
- When talking about the author after you have given his or her full name, use his or her last name.
- When using a direct quote from the text, be as precise as possible and put it in quotation marks, noting the page number at the end of the quote in parentheses followed by the period.