Question
A) Which is the best definition of a summary? (1 point)
a retelling of a story using words similar to the original words
a brief statement of the main points of a piece of writing
an introductory description that ends with a hook
a detailed analysis of the themes and symbols in a story
A) What is an objective summary? (1 point)
a list of the desires and goals of each major character in a story
a thoughtful critical evaluation of a work of literature
a brief description of the main points of a text that uses only information from the text
a one- or two-paragraph review or recommendation of a piece of writing
a retelling of a story using words similar to the original words
a brief statement of the main points of a piece of writing
an introductory description that ends with a hook
a detailed analysis of the themes and symbols in a story
A) What is an objective summary? (1 point)
a list of the desires and goals of each major character in a story
a thoughtful critical evaluation of a work of literature
a brief description of the main points of a text that uses only information from the text
a one- or two-paragraph review or recommendation of a piece of writing
Answers
Answer
That Spot
by Jack London
I don’t think much of Stephen Mackaye any more,
though I used to swear by him. I know that in those
days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever
I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be
responsible for my actions. It passes beyond me
that a man with whom I shared food and blanket,
and with whom I mushed over the Chilcoot Trail,
should turn out the way he did. I always sized
Steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade,
without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious
in his nature. I shall never trust my judgment in
men again. Why, I nursed that man through
typhoid fever; we starved together on the
headwaters of the Stewart; and he saved my life
on the Little Salmon. And now, after the years we
were together, all I can say of Stephen Mackaye is
that he is the meanest man I ever knew.
"That Spot" by Jack London
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which is an objective summary of this
paragraph?
(1 point)
The Klondike gold rush often sowed
hatred and discord between those who
had previously been friends.
The narrator no longer thinks of
Stephen Mackaye despite having spent
much time with him.
The narrator used to be close to
Stephen Mackaye but now considers
him a horrible person.
The Chilcoot Trail was famous as a
difficult pass for gold prospectors in the
Klondike.
by Jack London
I don’t think much of Stephen Mackaye any more,
though I used to swear by him. I know that in those
days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever
I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be
responsible for my actions. It passes beyond me
that a man with whom I shared food and blanket,
and with whom I mushed over the Chilcoot Trail,
should turn out the way he did. I always sized
Steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade,
without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious
in his nature. I shall never trust my judgment in
men again. Why, I nursed that man through
typhoid fever; we starved together on the
headwaters of the Stewart; and he saved my life
on the Little Salmon. And now, after the years we
were together, all I can say of Stephen Mackaye is
that he is the meanest man I ever knew.
"That Spot" by Jack London
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which is an objective summary of this
paragraph?
(1 point)
The Klondike gold rush often sowed
hatred and discord between those who
had previously been friends.
The narrator no longer thinks of
Stephen Mackaye despite having spent
much time with him.
The narrator used to be close to
Stephen Mackaye but now considers
him a horrible person.
The Chilcoot Trail was famous as a
difficult pass for gold prospectors in the
Klondike.
Answer
Question 4
That Spot
by Jack London
I don’t think much of Stephen Mackaye any more,
though I used to swear by him. I know that in those
days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever
I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be
responsible for my actions. It passes beyond me
that a man with whom I shared food and blanket,
and with whom I mushed over the Chilcoot Trail,
should turn out the way he did. I always sized
Steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade,
without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious
in his nature. I shall never trust my judgment in
men again. Why, I nursed that man through
typhoid fever; we starved together on the
headwaters of the Stewart; and he saved my life
on the Little Salmon. And now, after the years we
were together, all I can say of Stephen Mackaye is
that he is the meanest man I ever knew.
We started for the Klondike in the fall rush of 1897,
and we started too late to get over Chilcoot Pass
before the freeze-up. We packed our outfit on our
backs part way over, when the snow began to fly,
and then we had to buy dogs in order to sled it the
rest of the way. That was how we came to get that
Spot. Dogs were high, and we paid one hundred
and ten dollars for him. He looked worth it. I say
looked, because he was one of the finestappearing dogs I ever saw. He weighed sixty
pounds, and he had all the lines of a good sled
animal. We never could make out his breed. He
wasn’t husky, nor Malemute, nor Hudson Bay; he
looked like all of them and he didn’t look like any of
them; and on top of it all he had some of the white
man’s dog in him, for on one side, in the thick of
the mixed yellow-brown-red-and-dirty-white that
was his prevailing color, there was a spot of coalblack as big as a water bucket. That was why we
called him Spot.
"That Spot" by Jack London
Details to Include Details Not to
Include
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which of these details would be most
important to include in a summary of the
story? Drag four items to the box of details to
include and drag three items to the box of
details not to include.
(2 points)
The narrator and Stephen Mckaye were
once close friends.
The narrator and Stephen bought Spot to
push their sled.
The narrator nursed Stephen Mackaye
through typhoid fever.
The story takes place in the Klondike in
1897.
Spot weighed 60 pounds.
The breed of spot was unknown.
The main characters are the narrator, his
good friend, Stephen Mackaye, and the
dog they bought, Spot.
That Spot
by Jack London
I don’t think much of Stephen Mackaye any more,
though I used to swear by him. I know that in those
days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever
I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be
responsible for my actions. It passes beyond me
that a man with whom I shared food and blanket,
and with whom I mushed over the Chilcoot Trail,
should turn out the way he did. I always sized
Steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade,
without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious
in his nature. I shall never trust my judgment in
men again. Why, I nursed that man through
typhoid fever; we starved together on the
headwaters of the Stewart; and he saved my life
on the Little Salmon. And now, after the years we
were together, all I can say of Stephen Mackaye is
that he is the meanest man I ever knew.
We started for the Klondike in the fall rush of 1897,
and we started too late to get over Chilcoot Pass
before the freeze-up. We packed our outfit on our
backs part way over, when the snow began to fly,
and then we had to buy dogs in order to sled it the
rest of the way. That was how we came to get that
Spot. Dogs were high, and we paid one hundred
and ten dollars for him. He looked worth it. I say
looked, because he was one of the finestappearing dogs I ever saw. He weighed sixty
pounds, and he had all the lines of a good sled
animal. We never could make out his breed. He
wasn’t husky, nor Malemute, nor Hudson Bay; he
looked like all of them and he didn’t look like any of
them; and on top of it all he had some of the white
man’s dog in him, for on one side, in the thick of
the mixed yellow-brown-red-and-dirty-white that
was his prevailing color, there was a spot of coalblack as big as a water bucket. That was why we
called him Spot.
"That Spot" by Jack London
Details to Include Details Not to
Include
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which of these details would be most
important to include in a summary of the
story? Drag four items to the box of details to
include and drag three items to the box of
details not to include.
(2 points)
The narrator and Stephen Mckaye were
once close friends.
The narrator and Stephen bought Spot to
push their sled.
The narrator nursed Stephen Mackaye
through typhoid fever.
The story takes place in the Klondike in
1897.
Spot weighed 60 pounds.
The breed of spot was unknown.
The main characters are the narrator, his
good friend, Stephen Mackaye, and the
dog they bought, Spot.
Answer
That Spot
by Jack London
There are times when I think it wasn’t stupidity.
Maybe, like some men I know, he was too wise to
work. I shouldn’t wonder if he put it all over us with
that intelligence of his. Maybe he figured it all out
and decided that a licking now and again and no
work was a whole lot better than work all the time
and no licking. He was intelligent enough for such
a computation. I tell you, I’ve sat and looked into
that dog’s eyes till the shivers ran up and down my
spine and the marrow crawled like yeast, what of
the intelligence I saw shining out. I can’t express
myself about that intelligence. It is beyond mere
words. I saw it, that’s all. At times it was like gazing
into a human soul, to look into his eyes; and what I
saw there frightened me and started all sorts of
ideas in my own mind of reincarnation and all the
rest. I tell you I sensed something big in that
brute’s eyes; there was a message there, but I
wasn’t big enough myself to catch it. Whatever it
was (I know I’m making a fool of myself)—
whatever it was, it baffled me. I can’t give an
inkling of what I saw in that brute’s eyes; it wasn’t
light, it wasn’t color; it was something that moved,
away back, when the eyes themselves weren’t
moving. And I guess I didn’t see it move, either; I
only sensed that it moved. It was an expression,—
that’s what it was,—and I got an impression of it.
No; it was different from a mere expression; it was
more than that. I don’t know what it was, but it
gave me a feeling of kinship just the same. Oh, no,
not sentimental kinship. It was, rather, a kinship of
equality. Those eyes never pleaded like a deer’s
eyes. They challenged. No, it wasn’t defiance. It
was just a calm assumption of equality. And I don’t
think it was deliberate. My belief is that it was
unconscious on his part. It was there because it
was there, and it couldn’t help shining out. No, I
don’t mean shine. It didn’t shine; it moved. I know
I’m talking rot, but if you'd looked into that animal’s
eyes the way I have, you’d understand. Steve was
affected the same way I was. Why, I tried to kill
that Spot once—he was no good for anything; and
I fell down on it. I led him out into the brush, and
he came along slow and unwilling. He knew what
was going on. I stopped in a likely place, put my
foot on the rope, and pulled my big Colt’s. And that
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which sentence provides the most accurate
objective summary of this paragraph?
(1 point)
Spot was a dog who seemed to have an
almost human intelligence.
Steve once mocked the narrator for his
inability to follow through on a plan.
When a sled dog refuses to work and
eats more than his share, prospectors
have few options but to kill the dog.
Both Steve and the narrator tried to kill
Spot but were unable to, fearing his
preternatural intelligence.
dog sat down and looked at me. I tell you he didn’t
plead. He just looked. And I saw all kinds of
incomprehensible things moving, yes, moving, in
those eyes of his. I didn’t really see them move; I
thought I saw them, for, as I said before, I guess I
only sensed them. And I want to tell you right now
that it got beyond me. It was like killing a man, a
conscious, brave man who looked calmly into your
gun as much as to say, “Who’s afraid?” Then, too,
the message seemed so near that, instead of
pulling the trigger quick, I stopped to see if I could
catch the message. There it was, right before me,
glimmering all around in those eyes of his. And
then it was too late. I got scared. I was trembly all
over, and my stomach generated a nervous
palpitation that made me seasick. I just sat down
and looked at that dog, and he looked at me, till I
thought I was going crazy. Do you want to know
what I did? I threw down the gun and ran back to
camp with the fear of God in my heart. Steve
laughed at me. But I notice that Steve led Spot into
the woods, a week later, for the same purpose,
and that Steve came back alone, and a little later
Spot drifted back, too.
"That Spot" by Jack London
by Jack London
There are times when I think it wasn’t stupidity.
Maybe, like some men I know, he was too wise to
work. I shouldn’t wonder if he put it all over us with
that intelligence of his. Maybe he figured it all out
and decided that a licking now and again and no
work was a whole lot better than work all the time
and no licking. He was intelligent enough for such
a computation. I tell you, I’ve sat and looked into
that dog’s eyes till the shivers ran up and down my
spine and the marrow crawled like yeast, what of
the intelligence I saw shining out. I can’t express
myself about that intelligence. It is beyond mere
words. I saw it, that’s all. At times it was like gazing
into a human soul, to look into his eyes; and what I
saw there frightened me and started all sorts of
ideas in my own mind of reincarnation and all the
rest. I tell you I sensed something big in that
brute’s eyes; there was a message there, but I
wasn’t big enough myself to catch it. Whatever it
was (I know I’m making a fool of myself)—
whatever it was, it baffled me. I can’t give an
inkling of what I saw in that brute’s eyes; it wasn’t
light, it wasn’t color; it was something that moved,
away back, when the eyes themselves weren’t
moving. And I guess I didn’t see it move, either; I
only sensed that it moved. It was an expression,—
that’s what it was,—and I got an impression of it.
No; it was different from a mere expression; it was
more than that. I don’t know what it was, but it
gave me a feeling of kinship just the same. Oh, no,
not sentimental kinship. It was, rather, a kinship of
equality. Those eyes never pleaded like a deer’s
eyes. They challenged. No, it wasn’t defiance. It
was just a calm assumption of equality. And I don’t
think it was deliberate. My belief is that it was
unconscious on his part. It was there because it
was there, and it couldn’t help shining out. No, I
don’t mean shine. It didn’t shine; it moved. I know
I’m talking rot, but if you'd looked into that animal’s
eyes the way I have, you’d understand. Steve was
affected the same way I was. Why, I tried to kill
that Spot once—he was no good for anything; and
I fell down on it. I led him out into the brush, and
he came along slow and unwilling. He knew what
was going on. I stopped in a likely place, put my
foot on the rope, and pulled my big Colt’s. And that
A)
Use the excerpt from the story “That Spot” to
answer the question.
Which sentence provides the most accurate
objective summary of this paragraph?
(1 point)
Spot was a dog who seemed to have an
almost human intelligence.
Steve once mocked the narrator for his
inability to follow through on a plan.
When a sled dog refuses to work and
eats more than his share, prospectors
have few options but to kill the dog.
Both Steve and the narrator tried to kill
Spot but were unable to, fearing his
preternatural intelligence.
dog sat down and looked at me. I tell you he didn’t
plead. He just looked. And I saw all kinds of
incomprehensible things moving, yes, moving, in
those eyes of his. I didn’t really see them move; I
thought I saw them, for, as I said before, I guess I
only sensed them. And I want to tell you right now
that it got beyond me. It was like killing a man, a
conscious, brave man who looked calmly into your
gun as much as to say, “Who’s afraid?” Then, too,
the message seemed so near that, instead of
pulling the trigger quick, I stopped to see if I could
catch the message. There it was, right before me,
glimmering all around in those eyes of his. And
then it was too late. I got scared. I was trembly all
over, and my stomach generated a nervous
palpitation that made me seasick. I just sat down
and looked at that dog, and he looked at me, till I
thought I was going crazy. Do you want to know
what I did? I threw down the gun and ran back to
camp with the fear of God in my heart. Steve
laughed at me. But I notice that Steve led Spot into
the woods, a week later, for the same purpose,
and that Steve came back alone, and a little later
Spot drifted back, too.
"That Spot" by Jack London
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
A) The best definition of a summary is: **a brief statement of the main points of a piece of writing.**
B) An objective summary is: **a brief description of the main points of a text that uses only information from the text.**
B) An objective summary is: **a brief description of the main points of a text that uses only information from the text.**
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
An objective summary of the excerpt from "That Spot" would be: **The narrator used to be close to Stephen Mackaye but now considers him a horrible person.**
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
Here’s how the details can be categorized based on their importance to include in a summary:
**Details to Include:**
1. The narrator and Stephen Mackaye were once close friends.
2. The narrator nursed Stephen Mackaye through typhoid fever.
3. The story takes place in the Klondike in 1897.
4. The main characters are the narrator, his good friend, Stephen Mackaye, and the dog they bought, Spot.
**Details Not to Include:**
1. The narrator and Stephen bought Spot to push their sled.
2. Spot weighed 60 pounds.
3. The breed of Spot was unknown.
The included details focus on the relationships and the setting of the story, while the omitted details are more specific and less significant for a summary.
**Details to Include:**
1. The narrator and Stephen Mackaye were once close friends.
2. The narrator nursed Stephen Mackaye through typhoid fever.
3. The story takes place in the Klondike in 1897.
4. The main characters are the narrator, his good friend, Stephen Mackaye, and the dog they bought, Spot.
**Details Not to Include:**
1. The narrator and Stephen bought Spot to push their sled.
2. Spot weighed 60 pounds.
3. The breed of Spot was unknown.
The included details focus on the relationships and the setting of the story, while the omitted details are more specific and less significant for a summary.
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
The sentence that provides the most accurate objective summary of the paragraph is: **Spot was a dog who seemed to have an almost human intelligence.**
This summary captures the essence of the narrator's reflections on Spot's intelligence and the emotional connection felt towards the dog, as well as the hesitation to harm him.
This summary captures the essence of the narrator's reflections on Spot's intelligence and the emotional connection felt towards the dog, as well as the hesitation to harm him.
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