After reading Gates’ “13 Ways of Looking at a Black Man”, write a summary of the essay communicating his main idea and outlining the argument he makes. What is the significance of his argument? Your summary should be no more than one-third the length of Gates’ essay. Upload your summary as a Word document or pdf.
Steps in Summarizing:
Determine the focus of your summary. Why are you creating the summary? This will determine the level of detail required of you and the material your attention should be devoted to.
If the text is short, scan it first. This scan will provide you with a mental outline of the text.
Read the text carefully.
Write the summary.
Identify the main idea.
Include the primary supporting evidence and details that establish the main idea.
Identify the meaning of the text. What does the article communicate beyond the simple, declared details?
Revise the summary.
When writing a summary, identify the text and author in the first sentence.
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