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Criteria for Summarizing

Clear
other readers can understand
you can understand weeks later!
Exact
no fabrication
Sufficient Information
Concise
not too broad
no extraneous or superfluous information
Factual
no slanting
no editorializing
"Just the facts, ma'am." (Dragnet)

C.A. Edington, Instructor
Sapporo University Academic Writing

CA's Academy of English