LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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stating the main ideas of what you read in a logical sequence.
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memorizing all details, including minor characters’ names and actions.
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using vivid language to describe the setting where the action takes place.
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accounting for each plot point, along with characters’ thoughts and feelings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In student-friendly terms, summarizing is telling the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way. Teaching summarizing shows students how to discern the essential ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way.
Detailed explanation-2: -To summarize, you must read a passage closely, finding the main ideas and supporting ideas. Then you must briefly write down those ideas in a few sentences or a paragraph. It is important to understand the difference between a summary and a paraphrase. A paraphrase is simply a rewriting of a passage in your own words.
Detailed explanation-3: -/ˌsʌm. ər.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ the act of expressing the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form, or a text in which these facts or ideas are expressed: automatic text summarization. This summarization might help someone decide which investments best for you and your family.
Detailed explanation-4: -The difference between a summary and a main idea is length. They both provide only the important details from the text, but the main idea sums up the text in a single sentence.