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The Summary



A summary gives an overview of some idea, discussion or events that a student has read about. Sometimes professors may specifically ask for a summary as a part of a writing assignment, or as an assignment itself, such as in an essay exam. The following links should help distinguish types of summaries.

Summarizing
http://www.usca.sc.edu/writingroom/hos/Summarizing.html