An objective summary primarily focuses on presenting the main ideas and essential information about a text without personal judgments or opinions. The characteristics of an objective summary include:
- It withholds any personal judgments or opinions.
- It features facts about a text’s main characters, setting, and plot.
While supporting statements with direct quotations can enhance clarity, it is not a defining characteristic of an objective summary. Additionally, an objective summary does not include an analysis of the text's theme or details about both major and minor characters. The emphasis is on summarizing the main points concisely and objectively.