For this summary you will need to provide a brief statement of the author’s thesis position or argument in the reading and the key points that support the thesis or argument. Please note that in the summary you will be assessed on the basis of identifying the author’s argument and the key points that support this
Summary exercises you must use proper prose form with complete, grammatical sentences.
Dot points are not acceptable.
Your summary must be written in your own words.
Merely reproducing key sentences from the reading is not acceptable and will be penalised severely.
 Proper paraphrasing is quite acceptable. Please note paraphrasing does not mean taking an author’s sentence and substituting two or three words with synonyms.
Paraphrasing properly means reproducing the author’s meaning in your own words. Selecting what is important is one of the important skills the exercise is designed to teach you.

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