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A summary has to have a main idea. For example, from the book Because of Winn-Dixie, you can write a main sentence about Miss Franny and the bear.

Miss Franny told Opal about her incident with the bear that came into her library.

That is the main idea. Now, the rest of the summary will be the supportive details.

"One day, I had my head stuck in a book. A visitor came. I asked,'How can I help you?' The library was silent. I looked up, and there was a bear! I aimed carefully, and BAM! I threw the book at the bear. He walked away with the book and never came back."

That has too much information. A summary has important details. Take the not-important information out.

Miss Franny saw a bear come in to her library. She looked up. She carefully aimed at the bear. BAM! The bear went away with the book.

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