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The author of the text is …
The main idea of the text
The text is about …
The text deals with …
The text touches upon …
The purpose of the text is to give the reader some information on …
Develop the material in more detail in the body of the summary. Make
it clear that the ideas presented are the author’s and not your own, you
should frequently use signals.
The contents of the text
The author starts telling the readers about …
The author writes (states, thinks) that …
The author highlights, explains, …
The author says, points out that…
The author claims, believes that…
The author describes, makes clear that…
The author criticizes, analyses, comments on…
The author compares X to Y…
According to the text …
Further the author says that …
In conclusion …
The author comes to the conclusion that …
Read the text about electric current conduction again. Underline the
sentences, phrases, words that you would like to select to write a summary
of the text. Highlight the key information. Omit details such as examples,
repetitions, figures of speech
Make notes on the key information using your own words
Reread the text again, comparing your notes against it
Write the first draft of the summary using the information you have
selected
Check your sentence structures and word choice. Change your
sentence structure or replace some content words with synonyms if your
summary is very similar to the original
