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those arguments. This reminds the reader that it’s not your text, but some-
one else’s.
Step 3. Revising Your Draft into a Coherent Summary
1. Reread the draft you wrote from memory against your notes. Take
your notes out and compare them to your from-memory draft. If there’s any-
thing major you forgot to include, put it in your second draft.
(read more: https://public.wsu.edu/~mejia/Summary.htm)
2.Eliminate repetition. Sometimes in an article or book, the author
might make the same point multiple times as a way to underline their main
points. In your summary, you don’t need to do this. When you’re rereading
your summary, delete any repetitive points – even if the author makes them
multiple times, you only need to make them once.
(read more: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Guidelines-for-
Writing-a-Summary)
3. Add transitions where necessary. If you’re focused on getting all of
the main points down, you might not be paying attention to how the para-
graphs of your summary fit together. When you revise, make sure that you
connect each paragraph to the next, and back to the main point.
(read more: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Guidelines-for-
Writing-a-Summary
)
4. Check your length. Once you’ve added anything you might have for-
gotten to your summary, check how long it is. A summary should be around
one quarter the length of the original piece. So if the original piece is 4 pag-
es long, your summary should be no more than a page.
(read more: https://public.wsu.edu/~mejia/Summary.htm)
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