Description
Please read the story attached in the file. Summarize the story in 300 words or more.
Pull out the main ideas and focus on important details. Include the names of important characters and significant plot elements. Ask yourself, What does the reader need to know to understand the meaning of the story? While shorter and more direct, your summary should express the important elements of a story.
DIRECTIONS: Your summary should
• Highlight the critical elements of the plot–including conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution–by explaining where each of these moments occurs within the text of the story.
• Provide your reader with everything they need to understand the plot, themes, and characters of the story.
• Be written in your own words, with a length between 300 and 400 words.
• Be written in complete sentences and edited for correct capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
Steps to Writing a Summary
Find the important characters.
Outline the major plot elements.
Outline the themes.
Start with the most important idea or theme of the story.
Use chronological order to describe the major characters and plot elements of the story.
Restate the theme at the end of the summary.