| Writing Style
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- Did you identify the main ideas?
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- Did you include only the most essential details?
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- Did you organize the ideas in a way that makes your
points clear, not necessarily following the order of the
original writing?
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- Did you include a sentence that states the subject of
the summary, where the original text came from, and
the authorís name?
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- Did you use good paraphrasing techniques to restate
the ideas without copying from the text?
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- If you did copy something from the original text, did
you use direct quotes and quotation marks, or indirect
speech?
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- Did you state only the author's opinions and not your
own?
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- Are you sure the verb tenses are appropriate and
consistent when you use reported speech?
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- Is your summary no more than one-fourth the original
text in length?
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- Did you edit and polish your writing to make the language flow smoothly?
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