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Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Inter - Departmental Correspondence DATE: May 8, 2021 TO : All Communication Students in GMGT 2010 , Section A01 FROM : Rakesh Mittoo, Instructor SUBJECT: Summary Assignment Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 2 For this assignment, you will be writing a summary of the chapter “Point to the Destination” excerpted from Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. Your summary should not exceed 550 words. A summary is a brief restatement, in your own words, of the content of a source — a passage, an article, a chapter, or a book. This restatement should focus on the central idea of the source, and, therefore, a summary can be only one or two sentences long. A longer, more complete, summary, which is the kind you will be crafting, will state the central idea of the source and include the main ideas that support or explain the central idea. It may even refer to some important illustrative examples. A summary is hierarchical in structure, for it begins with the most important central idea, followed by the supporting ideas and examples. A good summary will even reflect the order in which the ideas are presented in the source. In this summary, condense the ideas in this chapter as completely as possible and mirror its organization as well. Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 3 To read this chapter (or any article) and produce the draft of your summary, use the following strategies: Reading  Write in the margins as you read the article. Jot down brief notes that identify content and summarize or explain ideas.  Don’t highlight unimportant details, examples, or redundancies.  Locate and underline the thesis or central idea of the article. If you can’t locate an obvious thesis statement, write one that states the central idea.  Then , identify the major topic divisions/sections of the article. Subject headings may be useful guides to this organization. Highlight all of the supporting ideas in each section. Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 4 Writing the Draft - Begin your summary by referring to the author and the title, and by writing down the thesis/central idea in your own words . Following this information, give a brief summary of each major section of the article, condensing the supporting ideas. - Select a few significant, illustrative examples or specifics that support the main ideas. Write the summary, imitating the organizational pattern of the article/chapter. Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 5 Editing Strategies - Use vivid and exact language to make your summary clear and interesting. Refer to the thesaurus, if necessary. - Use effective transitional expressions between statements within a paragraph and between paragraphs. - Use present tense in referring to the author and the article. For instance, the “author states” instead of the “author stated”; the “article contains” instead of the “article contained . - In your first reference to the author, use both names; for subsequent references, use only the last name. - Make sure you retain the same tone and emphasis as the writer maintains. - Don’t include your opinions on the issues. - Don’t include direct quotations from the article. Present the information in your own words. - Combine sentences wherever possible and appropriate. - Eliminate wordiness, redundant expressions, or unnecessary details. - Rewrite and edit until this version meets the required length.  DUE : See the Course Outline Dr. Rakesh Mittoo 6