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1 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Inter -Departmental Correspondence DAT E: September 6 , 20 23 TO: All Communication Students in GMGT 2010 , Section s A 01 -A04 FROM: Rakesh Mittoo, Instructor SUBJECT: Summary Assignment For this assignment, you will need to write a summary of the chapter “True Lies” from Jeffrey Seglin’s book, The Good, the Bad, and Your Business: Choosing Right When Ethical Dilemmas Pull You Apart . Your summary should be approximately 550 words long. A summary is a brief restatement, in your own words , of th e conte nt o f a sou rce — 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, mo re complete, summary, which is the kind yo u wi ll be craft ing, wi ll state the cen tral 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 hiera rch ical in structure, fo r it begins with t he most impo rtant 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 idea s in thi s c hapter as completely as possible and mi rror it s org anizat ion as well. 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 dow n brief not es that identify cont ent and summarize or expl ain i deas. • Don’ t highlight uni mportant details, examples, or redundancies. • Locate and underline the thesis or central idea of the article. If you can’t locate an obvious thesis statement, writ e one th at states the central id ea. • Then, iden tify th e maj or top ic divi sions/sections of the article. Subject headings may be useful guides to this organization. Highlight all of the supporting ideas in each section. 2 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 2 Writing the Draft - Begin yo ur summa ry by referring to the a uthor and the titl e, and by wr iting down th e thesis/centra l 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 si gnifican t, illustrative examples or specifics that su ppor t the main ideas. - Write the summ ary, imitating the organi zational pattern of the article/chapter. Editing Strategies - Use vivid and exact language to make your summary clear and interesting. Ref er to th e thesaurus, if necessar y. - Use effectiv e trans ition al exp ression s between state ments 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 “a uthor s tate d”; the “article cont ains” instead of t he “art icle contai ned.” - 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 maintain s. - Do n’t include your opinion s on the issues. - Don’t incl ude di rect qu otations from t he article. Present the information in your own words. - Combine sentences wherever possible and appropriate. - Eliminate wordiness, redundant expressions, or unne cessary det ails. - Rewrite and edit until this ve rsion m eets the re quired length. DUE: See the Course Outline 3 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 3 A paraphrase: Replaces the language of the original with your own Renders the idea as clearly and accurately as possible Helps clarify abstr act or c omp lex material How to do a paraphrase • Unde rsta nd th e sour ce pass age (s) . • Substit ute with your own words. • Change the structures of sentences. • Rearrange your sentences so that they read smoothly. • Do not imitate style or plagiarize. (Do not copy th e langua ge of the source) • Ackno wledge the source. Do not use quotes in a p araphrase or a summary Paraphrase Techniques 1. Change a sentence or part of it from one grammatical form to another: • Certainly , life exists on other planets. It is certain that life exists on ot her planets. • Weather conditions being fav oura ble , we sha ll fly. If the weathe r conditions are favourable, we shall fly. • The girl with dark hair is my sister. The dark haired girl is my sister. 2. Use synonyms when you are paraphrasing: • A biting wind cau sed them to shiver. (pie rcing, chilling, n ipp ing) Ex ample for Prac tice : It was a beautiful day, and I didn’t want to be inside. Paraphrase Summary Recasts the message into your language Same Has roughly the same length Is a short or compressed version — 1/5th of the original or source. An abstra ct is e ven sho rter . See the Summary Assignment for required length) Objectiv e: 1. Accurate restatement . 2. No opinion Same Doesn’t copy the language of the source. Same Reflects the order in which the ideas a re presented Same Does not use quotes Sam e Main tains th e t one and emphasis Same Links ideas Same Does n ot follow h ierarchical structure Is hie rarchical: central idea , supporting ideas , and some specifics 4 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 4 A. SELECTION Underline the most important info rma tion : thesis/central idea. Look for key wo rds to ident ify main i deas. B. DELETION • Digressions • Repetitions • Nonessent ial background • Extended exa mples unless very central FOCUS ON THE IMPORT OF THE EXAMPLE • Interest -provoking anecdotes • Minor details C. NO TE TAKING • Main/key ideas for each section • Follow the logi c o f ideas and connections between them. FOCUS ON L ARGE SECTIO NS D. MINIATURIZING Notice t he shape, flow, and overall impression of the whole. COMBINE SECTION SUMMARIES Here is a paragraph for summar y from Rosenblatt’s arti cle in Time magazi ne: An yone wh o cl aims it is impossible to get rid of the random violence of today’s mean streets may be telling the truth, but is also missing the point. Street crime may be normal in the U.S., but it is not inevi tab le at such levels, an d the fact is that there are spe cifi c reaso ns for the nation’s incapacity to keep i ts crime do wn. Almost all these reasons can be traced to the American criminal justice system. It is not that there are no mechanisms in place to dea l w ith American crime, m erely that the exi sting o nes are imp ractica l, inefficient, anachronistic, uncoopera tive, and o ften lead to as much civic destruct ion as they are meant to curtail. 1. Identify the central idea. 2. Identify the main (supporting) idea. 3. Writ e o ne sentence for each. 4. Be selective in w ord cho ice, ye t co nvey th e complete thought. 5 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 5 Introductory parag raph of you r summary should include: 1. The central idea — one or two sentences 2. Attribution: information about the source (author’s name, title of the article or the chap ter, the title of the boo k, jour nal, or mag azine) 3. Overview statement about the article or the chapter in a sentence. A Student’s Example of Introductory Paragraph: In the chapter “Knowing Yourself” taken from his book On Beco min g a Leader , Warren Be nnis states that p eop le b ecome l eade rs only once they understand themselves and dec ide on thei r own what kind of a person they would become. Bennis discusses four lessons of leadership. After writing the introductory paragraph, wri te other paragraphs whic h summarize the en tire article o r ch apter. Also add a very brief concluding paragr aph which s ummarizes the conclusion tha t the article states. 6 Summary Assignment Rakesh Mittoo 6 Overall Comments on Students’ Summaries and a Checklist • Incorporate correct name of th e a uthor, title of th e c hapter/article, an d the b ook in your introd uctory paragraph. Make sure this para al so contains the paraphrased central ide a and the overview statement. • The i ntroductory paragraph should be two to three sentences long. • Body paragrap hs should be at least fo ur to six sentence s long. • Mainta in p aragrap h structure — unity, coherence, and develo pment — in yo ur summary . Especially, try to link ideas together so that your paragraphs are connected . • Use effective transitional expressions, such as how ever, therefore, as a result, according to etc ., that hel p to re late ideas. Also, try to combine sentenc es where ne eded. • Do not summarize parag raph by paragraph . For example, you may choose to condense some paragraphs into only one paragraph for your su mma ry. • Focus on summariz ing major ideas fr om the origina l or source . As well, c apture the logic or developm ent of key or main (supporting) ideas . Choose a few specifics which illustrate the idea. • Reflect the structure of the source article /chapter in your su mmary. • Establish appr opriate distance a nd cont ext for the materi al you’re summarizing. Do not comment on the articl e by praising or criticizing the writer. Do not add your opinion to the writer’s ideas in the body of your summary or in the last paragrap h. • Maintain the same ton e and emphasis as the aut hor’s . • Be a lert to sentence errors: fragments, comma splic es, or run -on (fused) sentences. • Use th esaurus and dictionary to ensure eff ective and correct use of words to communicate the ideas in the source. • Form at according to APA guidelines for acad emi c wr iti ng : 1 -inch marg ins (top, bottom, left, and right), ragged -righ t margin (not justified marg ins) , doub le spacing, indentation for a new paragraph, and so on. • Avoid pronoun shifts and the use of “you” pr ono un. • Avoid wordiness as w ell as short, chop py sent enc es. • Do n ot cons truct one -sentence paragraphs for su mmary assig nment or other papers. If yo u have such a paragraph, attach it to the paragraph where it should belong. • Do not use lists or bullet points for the writer’s ideas or po ints. • Do not u se h ead ings or subhead ings ev en if the writer uses them . • Do not use direct q uotes for ideas from the art icle. Present information in your own words. • Do not omit relevant details that would change the original autho r’s point of view. • Avoid fon t size larger or s hor ter tha n 12 -poi nt font size . • Proofread your summary. Check to see tha t the message will be just a s clear to the reader as it is to you. Check for errors in spelling or typos. • Do not restate the ideas of the art icle or the chapter in th e last paragra ph o f y ou s umm ary. The conclu ding paragraph should not be longer than two li nes.