Review the characteristics of effective summaries, research strategies, and APA formatting.
Summarize a short, online article of your choice.
1. A summary is a compressed version of a much longer document or speech.
2. You can summarize chapters, books, speeches, reports, and material from the Internet.
3. A well-written summary is about 5 to 15 % the length of the original.
4. Include an introduction, a discussion, and a conclusion to give your summary a coherent design.
5. Include source citations when appropriate.
6. The writing process helps you create an effective summary.
7. Delete biased comments from a summary because a summary should not reflect your ideas.
8. Avoid using long words and sentences in a summary.
9. Organize your summary in the same way the author organized the original source.
10. In a summary focus only on key ideas and not on tangential arguments.
Use APA guidelines to format your paper.
Cite any quotations or paraphrases, and document the source of the article in a reference list at the end of your summary.
Explain what characteristics of effective summaries you have included.