summary

Examples of summary in the following topics:

• Incorporating Your Sources Into Your Paper

  • A summary outlines a source's most important points and general position.
  • You must reference the author or source in the appropriate parenthetical citation at the end of the summary.
  • Whether you use a direct quotation, a summary, or a paraphrase, it is important to distinguish the original source from your ideas, and to explain how the cited source fits into your argument.

• Saying Why It Matters

  • An abstract is a short summary that distills the topic, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations of a paper in about 100 to 300 words.
  • Many more people will read a paper's abstract than the paper itself, so make sure your summary is compelling in its own right .

• APA: Series and Lists

  • ., if you’re outlining a step-by-step process, a summary of how an event unfolded over time, or a series of items in order of importance—you will need to use a numbered list.

• Maintaining an Annotated Bibliography

• Discussion and Conclusion

  • The conclusion section is not strictly necessary in the social sciences, but it can be helpful to provide a succinct summary of your work.

• Paraphrasing

  • A summary is like looking at a distant source through a telescope: the general shape and ideas are clear, but the details are fuzzy.
  • You may need to offer a summary if your topic is a book or a study potentially unknown to your reader, so that he or she has a basis for understanding the argument to come, but when offering evidence, you'll usually be choosing to paraphrase rather than summarize.

• The Basics of Quotations

  • In this case, while the second sentence isn't a bad summary of the idea, both the syntax of the direct quote and the reputation of the speaker make the quotation far more powerful than the paraphrased reference.
  • You wouldn't need to quote the directory, because there's no more power in the quote than in your summary of it. 

• Reading Challenging Texts

  • If you had to give someone a 15-second summary, what would you tell them?

• Turning Your Topic Into a Question

  • It is a summary of what you hope to find out about your topic.

• Turning Your Question Into a Claim

  • Your hypothesis should provide a clear and complete summary of your solution.