Which statement describes a benefit of summarizing a text?
Summarizing allows you to express your own opinions.
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text.
Summarizing provides a highly detailed description of the text.
Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text.
2. Which element should be included in a summary of a text?
the central ideas
other texts on the same topic
the reader's conclusions
interesting metaphors
Being able to identify the main idea and supporting details of an informational text makes you a stronger reader. (p 5)
The general subject of the book is the topic. (p 5)
The author includes specific examples and evidence to back up and explain the central idea. (p 5)
Good readers use a variety of strategies to determine the central idea of a text. (p 8)
the central ideas
what?
I apologize for the confusion. The element that should be included in a summary of a text is the central ideas.
1a,b.c or d
2 a,b,c or d
1. d) Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text.
2. a) the central ideas
With any summary, you need to do the following (p 8)
Include _____________________________________________
Leave out ___________________________________________
Be ______________________________
With any summary, you need to do the following:
Include: The main ideas and key supporting points of the text.
Leave out: Irrelevant details, examples, and repetitive information.
Be: concise, clear, and objective.
Being able to identify the _________________ _______________ of an informational text makes you a stronger reader. (p 5)
The general subject of the book is the ___________________ . (p 5)
The author includes _______________________ ____________________ to back up and explain the central idea. (p 5)
Good readers use a variety of _________________________ to determine the central idea of a text. (p 8)
Which statement describes the relationship between the central ideas and supporting details in a text?
The central ideas organize supporting details into a logical sequence.
Supporting details explain the central ideas of the text.
Supporting details provide information unrelated to the central ideas.
The central ideas reveal the topic of the supporting details.