Summarizing

To write a good summary, you have to understand the piece you are summarizing. Without the knowledge of the main points in a document one is unable to make a great summary. You must identify the claim within the writing, this is what the paper is going to be revolving around, basically the main focus of the paper. Then you must analyze the information given to you. Try to get an understanding of why the author was making the point he/she were trying to make. The next step is to create a summary that points out the main ideas of the paper into a way that is not biased, but more informational.