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  1. What is the balance to be had when summarizing?  Explain what the authors mean when they say, ” A good summary, in other words, has a focus or a spin that allows the summary to fit with your own agenda while still being true to the text you are summarizing?” (36). 
  2. Explain the believing game.  Why is the believing game an important game to play when summarizing?
  3. When you summarize an author in a paper, should readers be able to tell if you agree or disagree with the ideas you are summarizing?
  4. What do Graff et al.  claim you risk if you are unable to or unwilling to suspend your own beliefs when summarizing?
  5. Comment on Graff et al. thoughts about list summaries.  What is the difference between a “boring” list summary and one that engages an audience with a purpose? 
  6. Explain the importance of signal verbs that fit the action (43).

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