Reading notes

The summary takes information from an original text and condenses it down into only important points required to understand the basics. Summaries represent a source text's main claim and supporting points.the purpose behind summary's is to represent a longer more detailed piece in a shorter form.they can vary in length from sentences to pages.the summary should never include the writer's personal opinion.a summary is important aspect of college level writing because it is an important part of the kind of thinking expected of college students its also important because it is a foundational genre of writing. You need to be able to write effective summary.effective summary in each instance depends on meeting the needs if a particular discourse community, genre and rhetorical situation.  The first step to summarizing would be to read the course carefully after reading you would need to consider the rhetonical situation of the summary.another option to compose a summary is known as getting the gist.