First thing is to know what the document you are summarizing is attempting to say. There is no magic in keeping summary down to a certain length ... there is a magic in making the reduced word count convey the same purpose and ideas of the original.
Read the text you are summarizing apex (JCRXW)
Read the text you are summarizing
Divide the text
The second step in writing a summary is reading the text carefully to understand the main ideas and key points. This will help you identify the most important information to include in your summary.
Which of the following represents the first step in planning a piece of writing
Which of the following represents the first step in planning a piece of writing
find the main idea ! ! ! ! ! !
The first step in the pre-writing stage of writing is to determine the topic or theme of the writing. It is also during this stage that you determine the purpose, audience and genre of the writing.
Learning to say "writing" and not "writing process."
Decide on a topic
The first step is to do something worth writing about. The first step after that is to organize your experiences into an outline.
Thoroughly and actively reading