15. Explain how you would proceed through the five steps for writing an article summary.

Writing an Article Summary

The first step to writing a summary of a specific reading material is of course , to read the whole article . This is easier said than done because reading is not just scanning the whole page . It is about devoting time to understand the and digesting the whole article Re-reading may also be needed to be familiarized with general information , hypothesis , results and interpretations found in the article . Reading the article is followed by taking down notes . Here plagiarism should be avoided by all means . There is a world

of difference between taking down notes and taking down notes properly Sometimes , a sentence appears plagiarized even when the author did not intend do , all because of the improper ways of taking down notes . Note taking is also important in creating the outline or backbone of the summary that is about to be written . After this , the actual writing of the summary is next . In writing the draft , it is important to follow the from the original text . The sentence must be mentioned first , followed by an explanation on why the article is a must-read . If there are methods , terms and variables and results included in the article , they , too , should be explained . This is the chance to omit sentences or information which the article can do without (Sweeney and Hooker , 2005

Critiquing the study comes next , where scouting for areas which need improvement is done . Here , questions about the credibility and value of the summary should be raised . Critiquing is a way to make sure that the summary is helpful , ethical and significant . It shows why it needs to be done . The fifth step is editing , which is a means to double-check the summary for accuracy and completeness . If the summary lacks important information , add some . If anything sounds redundant , cut it . Editing is about ensuring that the style of the summary remains to be intelligent Wordiness , informal language , grammatical slips and misspelled words and misrepresentation should be looked after . The main purpose of editing is making sure that the summary is acceptable , readable and focused (Greenway , 1997

References

Greenway , W (1997 . Writing a Summary . Youngstown State University Retrieved July 9

2008 from http /iws .ohiolink .edu sg-ysu /sumwg .html

Sweeney , T . and Fran H (2005 . Streamlining the Summary , Perfecting the Precis . Webster

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