University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course:
21G.228 | Advanced Workshop in Writing for Social Sciences and Architecture (ELS)
Academic year:

2022
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262

Pages:

1
Author:

Jamal Simon

Comparing Paraphrase and Summary Paraphrase Summary • Reports your understanding to • Reports your understanding to your reader. your reader. • Records a relatively short passage. • Records a passage of any length. • Records every point in the passage. • Selects and condenses, recording only the main ideas. • Records these points consecutively. • May change the order of ideas, when necessary. • Includes no interpretation. • May include some interpretation, depending on the purpose of the summary. A paraphrase must be accurate. A summary is comprehensive. A paraphrase must be complete. A summary is concise. A paraphrase must be written in your own words. A summary is coherent. A paraphrase must make sense by itself. A summary is independent. A general rule of thumb is that a summary is roughly 25% the length of the original.