L03: Writing task: summary

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
(Mark Twain)

This session addresses your ability to summarize, paraphrase and quote since these are crucial academic writing skills, which help you use secondary literature and studies effectively to support your own findings. In addition, knowing how to summarize and paraphrase are especially important in order to avoid plagiarism. Here you have a chance to practice.

Things we cover in this session

The differences between summaries, paraphrases and quotations

How to write a summary

Write a summary of a text

Things you need for this session

W03-1: Pre-writing information

W03-2: Writing Task

Things to take home from this session

At the end of this session you should be able to

differentiate between a summary, a paraphrase and a quotation

write a concise and convincing summary

understand the main characteristics of academic English

identify your own writing challenges

Hungry Minds

How to write a summary of a journal article

Read this WikiHow on how to summarize a journal article, it is easy to follow and to understand. Use the advice that you find helpful for your own writing strategies.

Summarize this article: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/african-women-agriculture-burdened-climate-change