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Precise summary
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A neutral compression that preserves the passage's subject, controlling development, and key limit.
Reading & WritingChapter 1: Central Ideas and Details
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Summarizing the Text Precisely Flashcards
Twenty concise recall cards for Topic 1-5: Summarizing the Text Precisely.
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Summary vs detail list
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A summary shows how major facts relate; a list merely repeats them.
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Selective completeness
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Include what controls the text's meaning while omitting minor examples.
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Passage map
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Situation, development, outcome, and qualification.
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Headline plus hinge
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State the core outcome, then preserve the important contrast or qualification.
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Hinge words
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But, while, because, although, and therefore signal relationships a summary may need.
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Too-narrow summary
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Reports one accurate example but omits the passage's controlling development.
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Too-broad summary
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Turns a specific finding or case into a sweeping rule.
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Evaluative summary trap
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Adds praise, criticism, or emotional judgment not present in the passage.
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Causal invention
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Claims one event caused another when the passage only reports association or sequence.
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Prediction trap
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Extends a past or present result into the future without textual support.
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Qualification preservation
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Keep words and ideas that limit where, when, or how strongly a result applies.
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When to keep a number
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Only when the number is essential to the passage's comparison or conclusion.
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When to omit examples
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When they illustrate the core point but do not define its scope or result.
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Neutral voice
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Report what the text communicates without adding your reaction.
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Method vs finding
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A summary usually prioritizes what was learned over every procedural step.
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Problem-response pattern
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Name both the problem and the response when their relationship organizes the passage.
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Change-over-time pattern
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Preserve the initial state, important shift, and resulting state.
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Comparison pattern
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Identify what is compared and the meaningful similarity or difference.
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Final summary audit
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Check coverage, relationship, scope, neutrality, and support.
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