https://padlet.com/lgilbe05/8kizkzif55ki Your question: What are the features of a summary? What clues help you determine the central idea(s)? en-us 2017-08-13 17:25:22 UTC 2025-10-29 04:31:40 UTC hello@padlet.com sierrad1800 https://padlet.com/lgilbe05/8kizkzif55ki/wish/183551853 A summary is typically a concise paragraph that highlights the details and key ideas of the paper. It is intended for the summary to reinforce the main points so the reader will understand what the writer wanted to get across. 

A central idea is what a paper is built around. Supporting sentences describe the idea in more detail in order to help point it out the idea.  Some papers actually are written in such a way that the reader can visualize the idea without the idea being clearly stated in the title.  On page 156 of our textbook,  I was able to determine the idea was about a sixteen year old girl  who was scared to gas up her car for the first time. (Horwitz and Leither, 2016). Her sentences supported her fear about gas stations but also there were sentences that showed the benefits of  gas station.  

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