Summary Writing Checklist

This page provides a comprehensive guide on how to write an effective summary, offering a Checkliste zum Abhaken for students and writers. It outlines the dos and don'ts of summary writing, along with helpful language support.

Key Points for Summary Writing

Before Writing

• Read the text carefully, highlighting key words and sentences
• Divide the text into subsections
• Summarize each subsection with a sentence or keywords

Writing the Introduction

• Include author, title, text type, publication details, and main idea
• Answer the who, when, where, and what questions about the text

Example: "The short story '[Title]' written by [Author] in [Year] deals with..."

Writing the Main Part

• Connect highlighted passages and subsection summaries
• Focus on essential facts
• Use present tense and formal language
• Employ your own words and connectives to link sentences

Highlight: Use the present tense and avoid present progressive

What to Avoid

• Irrelevant details
• Quotations or direct speech
• Personal opinions
• Text analysis
• Creating suspense

Vocabulary: Connectives - Words used to link sentences and ideas in a text

Language Support

The page provides helpful phrases for:

• Introducing the text
• Stating the topic or purpose
• Presenting the author's viewpoints

Example: "According to the author..." or "The author believes/claims/emphasizes..."

This Checkliste Vorlage serves as an excellent resource for students learning to write summaries, offering a structured approach to capture the essence of a text concisely and effectively.