You will write a summary of “Consider the Lobster.” Having read and annotated the essay, you will first write a an outline that includes a thesis statement, two to three topic sentences, and two quotations from the essay under their respective topic sentences; you will then develop this into into a three page summary essay.
- Read the “Writing Effective Summaries” and follow these steps to complete this assignment
- After a thorough first reading, write in your own words the point of the piece on scratch paper just to make sure you understand the subject matter being presented.
- Reread, annotate, and underline the main ideas, not the supporting details.
- Write an introductory statement that introduces the article title and the author, and explain what the article is about in a few sentences.
- Decide on the order that you want to present the main idea/s; they should not necessarily follow the order of the original. Instead, they should be organized based on their importance in supporting your understanding of the author’s main point. Then, write the body of your summary.
- Finish the summary with the author’s own conclusions on the subject.
***Be careful not to simply repeat the plot of the original essay. You can quote only twice from Wallace directly, and only when you cannot restate his idea in a clearer way or when his words are particularly memorable; put the rest of the essay in your own words. This should be as close to three full pages as possible, no shorter, no longer.
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