Answer to Question #253686 in English for Jireh

Question

Briefly explain how your knowledge of converting sentences from direct to indirect speech can help improve your summary writing skills. AP(7)

c) Based on your knowledge of Explain the characteristics of a good summary. AP(5)

d) Explain one main step to take in order to do successful summary writing. AN(5)

Answer 1

Question 1

This knowledge helps to improve summary writing since the writer is able to convert other people’s ideas into their own words without changing the meaning. The tone and mood of the original are also retained.

Question 2

The summary is brief

It does not involve any unnecessary information

It can be well understood without referring to the original

Contains the essential information of the original

Outlines all the essential ideas

Question 3

The main step is understanding the idea of paraphrasing.