1. Which statement describes a benefit of summarizing a text?
- Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text.
2. How is a summary different from a book review?
- A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
3. Which description is the best definition of a summary?
- a brief, objective statement of the central ideas of a text
1.Which statement describes a benefit of summarizing a text?(1 point)
Responses
Summarizing provides a highly detailed description of the text.
Summarizing provides a highly detailed description of the text.
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text.
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text.
Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text.
Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text.
Summarizing allows you to express your own opinions.
2.How is a summary different from a book review?(1 point)
Responses
A book review includes the opinions of others that have read the book, while a summary includes only the opinion of the person writing it.
A book review includes the opinions of others that have read the book, while a summary includes only the opinion of the person writing it.
A book review includes ideas in the writer's own words, while a summary copies quotations directly from the text.
A book review includes ideas in the writer's own words, while a summary copies quotations directly from the text.
A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
A book review includes the most important details in the book, while a summary includes only the main ideas.
3.Which description is the best definition of a summary?(1 point)
Responses
a collection of important quotations from a text
a collection of important quotations from a text
an essay presenting an opinion about a text
an essay presenting an opinion about a text
a review of a range of opinions about a text
a review of a range of opinions about a text
a brief, objective statement of the central ideas of a text
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