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Long Beach City College WRSC Page 1 of 2 Summarizing a Paragraph A summary is a short retelling of a longer written passage, containing the author’s most important ideas. Summarizing helps improve both your reading and writing skills. To summarize, you must read a passage closely, finding the main ideas and supporting ideas. Then you must briefly write down those ideas in a few sentences or a paragraph. It is important to understand the difference between a summary and a paraphrase. A paraphrase is simply a rewriting of a passage in your own words. A summary, on the other hand, contains only the main idea and the supporting ideas of a passage. A summary will be much shorter than a paraphrase. How to Summarize a Paragraph 1. Preview and read. Preview and read the paragraph closely. You probably will find that you need to read the paragraph more than one time. 2. Make a list or outline. Determine the main idea and the supporting details of the paragraph. Make a list or o...

*PROVERBS* 1. *PROVERB Cleanliness is next to godliness* *MEANING* It’s good to be clean. God is clean, and you should be too. *EXAMPLE* “Go take a shower before your date. You know what they say; cleanliness is next to godliness.” 2. *PROVERB Don’t bite the hand that feeds you* *MEANING* Don’t make someone angry or hurt someone who is helping you or paying for you *EXAMPLE* "You had a fight with your boss? Are you stupid? Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” 3. *PROVERB Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.* *MEANING* Don’t expect a positive result before you actually see it *EXAMPLE A* : “This idea is going to make me millions of dollars!” *EXAMPLE B*: “Whoa. Let’s slow down. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” 4. *PROVERB Don’t judge a book by its cover* *MEANING* Don’t judge someone or something by appearance alone *EXAMPLE* "Racism is still a problem today, and it will continue to be that way until we learn not to judge a book ...