Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Critiquing

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Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Critiquing
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What is a summary?

• If I ask you to summarize your favorite movie,
  how would you go about telling it?

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You might start by telling me some of the
following things about the movie

• Who the main characters are
• What happens in the plot
• What the conflict is
• What happens in the end
• In the same way, many people
  summarize things they read.

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A summary is

• A condensed version of the original piece of
  information.
• A summary mentions only the main points and
  ideas.

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For Example

• Imagine your friend is telling you a secret
  about something that happened during lunch
  yesterday, but your friend only has two minutes
  to tell you this juicy secret.
• You say, Girl, just summarize what happened
  because we dont have time for all the details.
• Your friend will only tell you the
  most important parts of the secret.

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Example from the EOC book
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• Summarizing involves condensing the original main
  ideas into a shorter and more specific text.

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What is a Paraphrase?

• Paraphrasing is restating the words of another
  person in your own words.
• You do not change the meaning of the original
  text.
• You do not shorten the information. It is the
  same length as the original.

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For Example

• Imagine that youre in the same situation. Your
  friend is telling you that juicy secret from
  yesterdays lunch. However, this time, you want
  all the details.
• You say, Dont leave anything out! I want to
  hear all the details!
• Your friend is not going to remember everything
  that was said word-for-word, so she will most
  likely paraphrase what was said
  by putting it in her own words.

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Example from EOC Book

• Paraphrase
• Lincoln's secretary of state William Seward
  recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation did
  not immediately free any slaves when he
  expressed, We show our sympathy with slavery by
  emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them
  and holding them in bondage where we can set them
  free.

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What is a Critique?
A critique evaluates a written piece of work,
while a summary reiterates the main idea and key
points of a piece of work.

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Think about it

• What does a movie critic do? Discuss different
  aspects of a movie.
• What does a book critic do? Discuss different
  aspects of a book.
• Criticism is the practice of analyzing,
  interpreting, critiquing, or evaluating a
  creative work, a critical essay, or article

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Sample Movie Review The Lorax

• The new animated update of Dr. Seuss's
  environmental classic The Lorax is a lot like its
  target audience. It never sits still, runs around
  willy-nilly trying to locate a style that suits
  it, and bounces off the walls in a unceasing
  attempt to get your attention. Stealing some
  attitude from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,
  ancillary character slapstick from Despicable Me,
  faux Pixar cuteness, and a message mined from
  dozens of pro-Earth ecological screeds, it's both
  winning and whining, unable to settle down long
  enough to finds its own unique groove. Yet thanks
  in most part to the way in which directors Chris
  Renaud and Kyle Balda handle the majority of the
  material, and the cheek inherent in Ken Daurio
  and Cinco Paul's script, what could have been a
  trial ends up a rather amusing treat
• In fact, by the end, The Lorax is a giddy,
  grin-producing guilty pleasure. You know you
  shouldn't fall for its made-by-committee charms,
  but the final product practically dares you to
  hate it. Sometimes, the dislike is easily
  distinguished. Most of the time, however, we are
  awash in well-made, if unruly, whimsy. -Bill
  Gibron
• Bill Gibron is a veteran film critic from Tampa,
  Florida.

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Example from EOC Book