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Why write Summary and Response? To practice important writing strategies Because they are useful in both academic settings and professional (career) settings Because they demonstrate that you have read a text critically To demonstrate that you understand both a text’s overall message and its details To make thought-provoking arguments about the texts of others

The Rhetorical Situation & Description A Description of the Rhetorical Situation will include… The full name of the author and title of the text It may also include… Forum: In what publication what the core reading originally printed? Genre: What kind or type of writing is it? Audience: To whom does the text appear to be written? Purpose: Why has the author written the text and what effect does he or she intend to have on his or her audience?

Example: Paul Irgang’s “When a Wet Vac Counts More Than a Ph.D.” Take a moment and try applying these rhetorical features to an essay assigned for class, Paul Irgang’s “When A Wet Vac Counts More Than a Ph.D.” The essay is found in our Blackboard coursepage, in the Readings link. We will also discuss this essay and the application of these rhetorical features in class.

Your Summary To write your summary… Write down, in one or two sentences, the overall intended message of the text. Write a rough outline of the main points or ideas the author provides to support his or her overall message. Identify the major division, chunks, or sections of the text itself. Summarize, in a sentence or two, each major section or division of the text you identified. Combine your restatement of the text’s overall message and summarized parts written for Step 4 into one or more coherent paragraphs.

What must your summary accomplish? Your summary must… Be comprehensive and coherent Be objective and fair Avoid including your own opinions Regularly refer to the author of the text EX: “According to Smith…” “The author shows…” etc. Use only 3rd person point of view 1st person point of view – pronouns like I, me, my, mine, etc. 2nd person point of view – pronouns like you, your, yours, etc. 3rd person point of view – pronouns like he, she, it, him, her, his, hers, its, they, etc. Be limited to 1 page (maybe even less) doublespaced

Works Cited Roen, Duane, Gregory Glau, and Barry Maid. The McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life. 3rd ed. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2013.